Multi-Step Word Problems Addition Subtraction

Dennis has prepared 21 snowballs for a snowball fight. Kevin has prepared twice as many as Dennis. How many snowballs do they have in all?

• 42 snowballs

• 84 snowballs

• 30 snowballs

• 63 snowballs

Jacob is making homemade ornaments to give to his family. He makes 45 glass ornaments and 55 wooden ornaments. There are 9 people in Jacob's family. If each family member gets an equal number of ornaments, how many ornaments will each person get? What is step 2?

• Divide the answer from step 1 by 9

• Multiply the answer from step 1 by 9

• Divide the answer from step 1 by 45

• Subtract the answer from step 1 from 45

Marissa owns 18 Christmas movies. Alyssa owns twice as many Christmas movies as Marissa. If they watch 3 Christmas movies everyday together, how many days will it take them to watch all of their movies?

Solve

• 12 days

• 21 days

• 10 days

• 8 days

Which operation involves comparing amounts or looking for a missing part?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Dennis has prepared 21 snowballs for a snowball fight. Kevin has prepared twice as many as Dennis. How many snowballs do they have in all?

What is step 1 of this problem?

• Add 21 + 2

• Multiply 21 x 21

• Multiply 21 x 2

• Add 21 + 21

Lila is making baskets of fruit to decorate for Kwanzaa. She has 22 apples, 19 bananas, and 7 oranges. If she puts an equal number of fruit into 3 baskets, how many pieces of fruit will be in each basket? What is step 2?

• Multiply the answer from step 1 x 3

• Add the answer from step 1 + 3

• Subtract the answer from step 1 - 3

• Divide the answer from step 1 by 3

Jacob is making homemade ornaments to give to his family. He makes 45 glass ornaments and 55 wooden ornaments. There are 9 people in Jacob's family. If each family member gets an equal number of ornaments, how many ornaments will each person get? What is step 1?

• Add 45 + 9

• Add 45 + 55

• Multiply 45 x 55

• Subtract 55 - 45

Jacob is making homemade ornaments to give to his family. He makes 45 glass ornaments and 55 wooden ornaments. There are 9 people in Jacob's family. If each family member gets an equal number of ornaments, how many ornaments will each person get?

• 3 ornaments

• 30 ornaments

• 5 ornaments

• 10 ornaments

A worksheet had 7 problems on it. If a teacher had 17 worksheets to grade and had already graded 8 of them, how many more problems does she have to grade?

• 72

• 54

• 63

• 32

Mike had 15 video games but 9 of them weren't working. If he wanted to sell the working games for $5 each, how much money could he earn?

• 25

• 45

• 29

• 30