2 Step Word Problems

Tomas needs to earn $120 for a trip with his math club. He is earning money by washing cars for neighbors.

• He charges $8 for each car that he washes.

• He has washed 6 cars.

How much more money does Tomas need to earn for his trip?

• $48

• $72

• $88

• $106

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.5

Bekah and Erik were building towers with cubes.

• Bekah built 6 towers.

• Each of Bekah’s towers had 9 cubes. • Erik made one tower with 36 cubes.

What was the total number of cubes used by Bekah and Erik for their towers?

• 90

• 60

• 54

• 21

Tags

CCSS.5.MD.C.4

CCSS.5.MD.C.5

CCSS.5.NBT.B.5

Mr. Gutierrez bought 5 boxes of glazed doughnuts and 6 boxes of chocolate doughnuts for the teachers.

• There were 30 glazed doughnuts in a box.

• There were 20 chocolate doughnuts in a box.

How many doughnuts did Mr. Gutierrez buy?

• 61

• 150

• 270

• 280

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.5

A movie theater purchased a box of popcorn bags. The following week the theater used 349 popcorn bags. There are 271 bags left. How many bags did the movie theater have in the box to start with?

• 78

• 178

• 510

• 620

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

Glera has 8 colors of yarn. Each color has 80 yards of yarn. She needs 800 yards of yarn for a project. How many more yards of yarn does Glera need?

• 160

• 240

• 640

• 648

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.5

Zenith is reading a library book with 86 pages.

• She has 3 more chapters to read.

• Each of those chapters has 8 pages.

If P is the number of pages that Zenith has read, which equation could be used to find the number of pages Zenith has read?

• 86 – 3 – 8 = P

• 86 = 3 x 8 x P

• P x 8 - 3 = 86

• 86 = 3 x 8 + P

Tags

CCSS.5.OA.A.2

Abigail recorded the number of minutes she spent reading on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in the table above.

About how many minutes did Abigail read over the three days?

• 600

• 700

• 800

• 900

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.1

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

Thomas has a goal to read 500 pages in October.

• He read 128 pages in the first week.

• He read 215 pages in the second week.

How many more pages does he have left to make his goal?

• 157

• 257

• 343

• 843

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Each of the four third grade math teachers asked students to bring in extra pencils. The table above shows how many pencils were collected by each teacher.

How many pencils were collected by the four classes?

• 800

• 810

• 890

• 900

Tags

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

The Girls on the Run team is making bead bracelets for their service project this month. They have a pack with 725 beads.

• The girls will make 60 bracelets.

• Each bracelet will need 8 beads.

After the bracelets are created, how many extra beads will be left for other projects?

• 480

• 68

• 793

• 245

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.5

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6