One Step and Two Step Word Problems

Mandy wants to plant 100 flowers. On Monday she plants 15 flowers. On Tuesday she plants 20 flowers. On Wednesday she plants 30 flowers. How many more flowers does she need to plant to reach her goal?

• 65

• 100

• 35

• 30

Jane has 40 pencils. Blake has 21 pencils but yesterday he found 2 more! Blake also has 2 erasers. How many more pencils does Jane have than Blake now?

• 17

• 21

• 23

• 15

An elephant ate 45 peanuts in one hour, 34 peanuts in the second hour, and some more peanuts in the third hour. How many peanuts did he eat the third hour if he ate 100 peanuts altogether?

• 78

• 87

• 12

• 21

Sierra has some scrunchies. Lilly also has some scrunchies. Altogether they have 129 scrunchies. Which of the following is possible for how many scrunchies they each have? Select all that apply.

• Sierra has 67 and Lilly has 62

• Sierra has 41 and Lilly has 87

• Sierra has 13 and Lilly has 117

• Sierra has 21 and Lilly has 108

Eric has 48 carrots in his garden. Amanda has half that. If Amanda can sell each of her carrots for $3, how much money can she make?

• $24

• $72

• $144

• $216

Jim's band has 8 drums and 8 guitars. Mark's band has a dozen instruments. How many more instruments does Jim's band have than Mark's band?

• 2

• 6

• 8

• 4

Blaine had 89 blue and 13 pink stickers in his collection. Mary had some stickers of her own too. If Blaine has 20 less stickers than Mary, how many stickers does Mary have?

• 102

• 109

• 122

• none of the above

Ms. Getz adopts 2 puppies every week for 7 weeks. If each puppy has 4 spots. How many spots do they have altogether?

• 14

• 56

• 8

• none of the above

I have one more quarter than Amanda. Amanda has one more quarter than Steve. If Steve has 5 quarters, how much money do I have?

• $2

• $1.50

• $1.25

• $1.75

Amanda baked a dozen cookies. Some are chocolate chip and 8 are sugar cookies. How many chocolate chip cookies are there?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8