two-step word problems

Mikayla has 48 bags of treats. She is going to give 3 bags to her teacher. She will then give the rest out equally to her 5 friends. How many bags of treats will each friend receive?

• 9 bags of treats

• 40 bags of treats

• 5 bags of treats

• 50 bags of treats

Answer explanation

48 - 3 = 45

45/5 = 9

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Nathan had 18 baseball cards. His brother gave him 45 more baseball cards. He then divided his cards into 9 equal groups. How many baseball cards are in each group?

• 18 cards

• 24 cards

• 7 cards

• 4 cards

Answer explanation

18 + 45 = 63

63/9= 7

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Leah went to the movies. She bought 5 movie tickets, each ticket cost for $4. She paid with a $50, how much change will she get back?

• $20

• $40

• $5

• $30

Answer explanation

5 x $4 = $20

$50 - $20= $30

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

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

• 47 Watermelons

• 90 Watermelons

• 75 Watermelons

• 18 Watermelonds

Answer explanation

5 x 9= 45

2 x 45= 90

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

 

867 books were in the school library. 322 books were checked out in the morning. Then 131 more books were check out in the afternoon. How many books are still in the library?

• 454

• 414

• 736

• 453

Answer explanation

867 - 332- 131 = 414

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Jack bought 3 dozen eggs. When he got home, he realized that three of the eggs were broken. How many eggs weren't broken?

• 36

• 39

• 32

• 33

Answer explanation

3 dozen x 12 = 36 eggs

36 -3 = 33 eggs left

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Mr. Ken has 22 students in his class. Today, 2 students are absent. Mr. Ken puts the students that are there into 4 equal groups. How many students are in each group?

• 5

• 20

• 80

• 6

Answer explanation

22-2= 20

20/4 +5

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Sofia's birthday party lasted for one hour. They played 4 games, and each game took 10 minutes. They ate cake and opened presents for the rest of the party. How long did they eat cake and open presents?

• 10

• 20

• 30

• 40

Answer explanation

4 X 10 = 40

60 min. - 40 min. = 20 min

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Drew has 2 packages of candies. Each packages has 15 pieces of candy. He eats 4 of the candies. How many pieces of candy are left?

• 20

• 22

• 26

• 30

Answer explanation

2 x 15= 30 candies

30 - 4= 26

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.C.4

Anthony is in charge of getting oranges for today’s soccer game. He buys 5 bags with 8 oranges in each bag. He also buys 6 loose oranges. Choose the expression that can be used to find the number of oranges Anthony gets in all.

• 5 x 8 x 6

• 5 + 8 + 6

• 5 x 8 + 6

• 5 + 8 x 6

Tags

CCSS.5.OA.A.1

CCSS.5.OA.A.2