Single Step Word Problems All Operations

What is this problem asking you to do? James was drawing super heroes on a sheet of scrap paper. He drew 4 heroes on the front and 8 heroes on the back. How many heroes did he draw total?

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James was drawing super heroes on a sheet of scrap paper. He drew 4 heroes on the front and 8 heroes on the back. How many heroes did he draw total?

• 12 heroes

• 4 heroes

• 32 heroes

• 2 heroes

What is this problem asking you to do? Alexah was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their front yard. Together they picked 10 total. If 4 of the apples were bad, how many good apples did they pick?

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Alexah was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their front yard. Together they picked 10 total. If 4 of the apples were bad, how many good apples did they pick?

• 14 good apples

• 6 good apples

• 40 good apples

• 2 1/2 good apples

What is this problem asking you to do? Esbeydy had $20. If she spent $13 on her favorite teacher how much money would she have left to spend on her other favorite teacher?

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Esbeydy had $20. If she spent $13 on her favorite teacher how much money would she have left to spend on her other favorite teacher?

• $33

• $7

• $260

• $8

Erin wants to buy a dictionary that costs $12, a dinosaur book that costs $16, and a children's cookbook that costs $11. She has saved $29 from her allowance. How much more money does Erin need to buy all three books?

• $68 total

• $10 more

• $39 more

• $39 total

Johnathan and Christian each had 9 bags toys to give away. There were 7 toys in each bag. How many toys were the boys giving away in all?

• 124 toys

• 32 toys

• 108 toys

• 126 toys

Jayla swam 15 laps in the pool. Julia swam 2 times more laps than Jayla. How many laps did Julia swim?

• 20 laps

• 35 laps

• 30 laps

• 10 laps

Julissa and Emily have 30 seashells each. They want to split their total seashells that they collected in 5 pails equally. How many seashells go in each pail?

• 10 seashells

• 12 seashells

• 8 seashells

• 60 seashells