Multistep Word Problems 1

Anthony started collecting stamps when he was 5 years old. He had 26 superhero stamps, 15 outer space stamps, and 17 famous people stamps.

Then Anthony's cousin started her own stamp collection, so he gave her 19 stamps from his collection. How many stamps did Anthony collect in total? How many stamps did he have left?

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

The summer sale started and Sarah went shopping. She bought a shirt on sale for 35 dirhams. The original price of the shirt was 3 times that amount. She also bought a pair of shoes for 25 dirhams. The original cost of the shoes was 5 times that amount. How much did the shirt snd shoes cost before they went on sale? How much did Sarah pay for them in the sale? How much money did she save on these items?

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

CCSS.3.OA.A.4

A theatre is renewing its 3,000 seats. It has replaced 5 sections of 136 seats and a 6th section containing 348 seats. How many seats have been replaced so far? How many more seats still need to be replaced?

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

Computer Depot sold 762 reams of paper. Paper Palace sold 3 times as much paper as Computer Depot and 143 reams more than Stationery Plus. How many reams of paper did all three stores sell in total?

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Alice has 14 packs of colouring pencils, each with 25 pencils, and 9 packs of writing pencils, eqch with 12 pencils. How many pencils does she have in all?

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

John has 2 complete albums of football stickers. The first album has 28 pages with 15 stickers on each page. The second has 36 pages with 6 stickers on each page. How many stickers are in both albums?

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

Shirley made 5 trays of cupcakes for the bake sale. Each tray had 6 vanilla cupcakes and 8 chocolate cupcakes. How many cupcakes did Shirley make for the bake sale? By the end of the bake sale she had sold 26 vanilla cupcakes and 29 chocolate cupcakes? How many cupcakes did she sell in total? How many cupcakes did she have left?

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

Greg's goal was to read 40 books during the school year. He read 14 books before the winter break and 11 before the spring break. How many does he need to read after the speing break to meet his goal?

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

The 9 o'clock train for Manchester had 165 passengers when it departed from London. After it's first two stops there were 240 passengers. By the time the train arrived at Manchester, 94 passengers had got off the train? How many more passengers got on the train after the first two stops? How many passengers arrived at Manchester?

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

For her birthday party, Maisy invited 17 friends from school. Her mom bought ice cream and 2 packs of icecream cones, each with 20 cones. How many icecream cones did each child get? How many cones were left?

Answer explanation

(Remember to include Maisy!)

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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