One and Two Step Word Problems Using Addition and Subtraction

Nancy won a certain number of pieces of gum playing the bean bag toss at the county fair. At school she gave 21 away to her classmates. She only has 5 remaining. How many did she give away? Write an equation to solve this problem using g as your variable.

• g/21=5

• g-21=5

• g-5=21

• g+5=21

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

What operation will you use to solve step two? Five friends went to dinner at Old Chicago. Each person’s meal was $8. They paid with $55. The amount they got back after they paid was the amount they tipped their waitress. How much did they tip her?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sahil bough 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get? 

• 24

• 4

• 17

• 5

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Which choice models this situation? Marcus needs to sell 25 tickets to a fundraiser by Friday. So far, he has sold 9 tickets. How many tickets does he still need to sell?

• t - 9 = 25

• t + 9 = 25

• 9t = 25

• t/9 = 25

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Barry needs $1,449 for summer camp. Two local clubs will each match what he saves. Barry has 3 months before he leaves for summer camp. How much does Barry need to save on his own each month to have enough for summer camp?

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

An art teacher had 237 colored pencils left over from last year. This year, he bought 26 boxes of colored pencils that had 16 pencils in each. He also bought 15 boxes that had 54 pencils in each. Finally, when he was sorting the pencils, 19 rolled under the cabinet and were lost. Solve the following equation to determine c, the number of colored pencils the art teacher has now. c = 237 + [ (26 ∙ 16) + (15 ∙ 54) ] – 19

• 2,179

• 187,652

• 1,444

• 183,095

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

• (90 + 75 + 120 + 150) - 100 = 335

• (90 + 75 + 120 + 150) + 100 = 435

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.4

Nicole and her best friend split the amount of money they earned over the weekend mowing lawns. If each person got $10.93, what is the total amount of money they earned? Which equation could you use to solve this problem?

• 2d=10.93

• d/2=10.93

• d-2=10.93

• d+2=10.93

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Jim paid a gym membership fee of $50, plus $20 per month. Jim has paid a total of $290 to the gym. Which equation matches this situation?

• 50 + 20m = 290

• 20 + 50m = 290

• 50 + 20 = m

• 50m - 20 = 290

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

James bough four 8-ounce bottles of water for a hiking trip. He drank 28 ounces. How many ounces of water are left?

• 20

• 32

• 4

• 36

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CCSS.3.MD.A.2