Two-Step Word Problems

Marcus had a collection of Batman books. He had 12 books in his collection. He was given some more Batman books, which increased his collection 3 times. Sadly, Marcus lost 5 of the books on a trip. Which expression will help solve for how many books Marcus has left?

• (12 + 3) - 5
• (12 x 3) - 5
• (12 - 3) - 5
• (12 x 5) - 3

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Sue, Kim and David went to the movies. Sue bought 5 movie tickets for $4 each. She paid with a $50, how much change will she get back?

• 25
• 20
• 30
• 10

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Serenity made 6 necklaces. Each necklace had 8 charms on it. She gave away 3 necklaces, how many charms does she have left?

• 24 charms
• 45 charms
• 11 charms
• 17 charms

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Each student in Ms. Diggs's class received 4 free books. There are 12 students in her class. 11 of the books were non-fiction. Which expression shows you how to figure out how many fiction books were in the class?

• (4 + 12) - 11
• (4 x 12) + 11
• (4 x 12) - 11
• (4 x 12) ÷ 11

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Seth grows 9 carrots. Seth also grows 7 tomatoes. If each vegetable can sell for $2 each, how much money can Seth make?

• $18

• $14

• $32

• $16

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Lacy has 5 watermelons. Each watermelon has 9 seeds. If each seed can grow 2 watermelons, how many watermelons can Lacy grow?

• 45 watermelons

• 90 watermelons

• 10 watermelons

• 18 watermelons

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Wanda bought three boxes of cookies. Two boxes had 10 cookies. The third box had 8 cookies. Which equation shows the total number of cookies, c, Wanda bought?

• 2 + 10 + 8 = c

• 2 × 10 + 8 = c

• 2 × 10 × 8 = c

• 2 + 10 × 8 = c

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Kim and Sarah sold bags of cookies.

• Each bag has 8 cookies
• Kim sold 4 bags of cookies
• Sarah sold 5 bags of cookies

What is the total number of cookies that Kim and Sarah sold together?

• 60

• 52

• 17

• 72

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A store sells bananas in bunches of 6. Sait buys 5 bunches and Daniel buys 4 bunches. How many bananas did Sait and Daniel buy all together?

• 15

• 20

• 30

• 54

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CCSS.2.OA.C.4

James has 7 bags of 6 goldfish and one bag of 10 minnows. Which equation would show the total number of fish James has?

• 7 x 6 - 10 = f

• 7 x 6 x 10 = f

• 7 + 4 + 10 = f

• 7 x 6 + 10 = f

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8