One Step and Two Step Word Problems

On Thursday, ShopRite sold 210 pounds of produce. On Friday they sold twice that amount. On Saturday they only sold 130 pounds. How much more produce did they sell on Friday than Saturday?

• 290 pounds

• 80 pounds

• 340 pounds

• 440 pounds

Grace started her own landscaping business. She charges $16 an hour for mowing lawns and $25 for pulling weeds. In September she mowed lawns for 63 hours and pulled weeds for 9 hours. How much money did she earn in September?

• $1,233

• $2,952

• $1,719

• $2,800

Carrie and Jamie made cookies for the Bragg bake sale. Carrie baked 77 cookies. Jamie baked twice as many as Carrie. How many cookies did they bake altogether?

• 77 cookies

• 154 cookies

• 231 cookies

• 221 cookies

There are 100 fifth graders at Bragg School. 45 of them are girls. On Monday, 10 fifth grade girls and 8 fifth grade boys were absent. How many fifth grade boys were at Bragg on Monday?

• 47 fifth grade boys

• 57 fifth grade boys

• 37 fifth grade boys

Ms. Cangiano's class is collecting aluminum cans for a recycling project. George brings in 3 bags with 10 cans in each bag. Ava brings in 6 bags with 11 cans in each bag. How many cans do they have so far?

• 96 cans

• 30 cans

• 33 cans

• 90 cans

Bradley has tomato plants in his garden. This year the plants grew 119 tomatoes. Birds ate 17 of the tomatoes. 19 were ruined by bugs. He picked the rest. How many tomatoes did he pick?

• 83 tomatoes

• 155 tomatoes

• 73 tomatoes

• 84 tomatoes

For a bake sale, the chess club needed to sell $300 worth of goods to meet their goal. Each item cost $2. Each club member made 30 items. They sold 127 item. How much money did the chess club make?

• $254

• $244

• $3,810

• $314

Niki's mom is buying every student a math notebook. The notebooks are sold by a case of 22 or individually. There are 14 classrooms with 16 students in each one. How many cases and individual notebooks should she buy? (a)  

• 11 cases and 0 individual

• 10 cases and 8 individual

• 10 cases and 4 individual

• 11 cases and 7 individual

The seniors are going on a class trip to Disneyland. There are 162 seniors and 24 chaperones. One bus can hold 65 people. How many buses do they need to order to take everyone to Disneyland? (a)  

• 2 buses

• 3 buses

• 4 buses

• 5 buses

The school went to the fair. 102 students spent $13 on popcorn and a drink and 34 spent $15 on cotton candy and a drink. How much did they spend all together?

• $1,836 all together

• $567 all together

• $2,560 all together

• $987 all together