Single and 2 Step Word Problems

Lisa is cooking muffins. The recipe calls for

7 cups of sugar. She has already put in 2

cups. How many more cups does she need

to put in?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

At a restaurant, Mike and his three friends

decided to divide the bill evenly. If each

person paid $13 then what was the total bill?

Mathematical Equivalence

OFF

Last Friday Trevon had $29. Over the

weekend he received some money for

cleaning the attic. He now has $41. How

much money did he receive?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

How many packages of diapers can you buy

with $40 if one package costs $8?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Last week Julia ran 30 miles more than

Pranav. Julia ran 47 miles. How many

miles did Pranav run?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sahil bough 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get? 

• 4

• 5

• 17

• 24

Jennifer spent half of her weekly allowance playing mini-golf. To earn more money she washed the dog for $9. What is her weekly allowance if she ends up with $21.50?

Hint, work backwards. :-)

• Her allowance is $15

• Her allowance is $25

• Her allowance is $20

• Her allowance is $30

Kaya has 20 photos of dogs and 30 photos of cats. She displayed an equal number of them on 10 posters for a fund raiser for an animal shelter. How many photos were on each poster? 

• 50

• 20

• 5

• 150

Annabel was running in the Fun Run to raise money for her school. Her parents donated $8 per lap. Her grandparents donated $4 per lap. She ran 12 laps. How much money did she raise during the Fun Run?

• 48

• 96

• 144

• 3

Raul spent 10 minutes doing homework for each of 5 subjects and 15 minutes for another subject. How many minutes did Raul spend on his homework? 

• 30

• 35

• 65

• 75