2 Step Word Problem

Tyler wants to buy a Star Wars Lego set that costs $116.  He is earning money to buy the Lego set by walking dogs for his neighbors.

 

·   Each time Tyler walks a dog he earns $5.

·   He has walked 9 dogs so far.

 

How much more money does Tyler need to buy the Lego set?

• $45

• 61

• 71

• 101

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Four classes collected cans for the can food drive.  Estimate how many cans were donated by the four classes.  Round to the nearest hundred.

• 600

• 700

• 800

• 900

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.1

Third grade will need 172 juice boxes for an end-of-year celebration.                      

 

• Parents have donated 9 packages of juice boxes.

• Each package has 6 juice boxes.

 

If J is the number of juice boxes still needed, which equation could be used to find how many juice boxes are still needed?

• 9 x 6 x J = 172

• J x 6 + 9 = 172

• J + 6 x 9 = 172

• 9 x 6 – J = 172

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Panther’s Elementary has 1000 tickets to sell for the fall festival.

 

·       368 tickets were sold last week.

·       297 tickets were sold this week.

 

How many tickets does Panther’s Elementary have left to sell?

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Tonia, Anya, and Marcus are keeping track of how many days they have attended school since kindergarten.

 

·    Tonia has attended 97 fewer days than Anya.  

·    Anya has attended 56 more days than Marcus.

·    Marcus has attended 582 days so far.

 

How many days has Tonia attended?

• 735

• 638

• 541

• 526

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Anya and her sister are saving their money for a special trip.  Anya had $248 saved.

 

·       She received $163 this month for babysitting.

·       Now Anya has $175 more saved than her sister.

 

How much money does Anya’s sister have saved?

• $586 

• $411

• $236  

• $85

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Collette read for 348 minutes last week.  That was 179 minutes fewer than she read this week.  What is the total number of minutes Collette read for both weeks?

• 875

• 775

• 527

• 169

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CCSS.3.MD.A.1

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A group of students are planning a bake sale to raise money for a school project. They baked 250 cookies and 150 cupcakes. If they sell each cookie for $2 and each cupcake for $3, how much total money will they raise from the bake sale?

• $950

• $750

• $850

• $650

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Sam’s goal is to walk 36 miles.

• He walks 4 miles each day.

• He has walked for 6 days.

Which equation can be used to find how many more miles, n, Sam still needs to walk to reach his goal?

• 3 × 5 + n = 36

• 4 × 6 + n = 36

• 4 × 6 × n = 36

• 9 × 4 + n = 36

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Ryan's book on dinosaurs has 154 pages. He reads 10 pages each night. After 7 days, how many of his book does Ryan have left to read?

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.D.8