Two Step Addition Subtraction Word Problems

You Do (Monday 11/30)

A pet store had

130 munchkin cats

46 more house cats than munchkin cats.

During a sale, they sold 58 cats. How many cats do they have left?

Do Now (Tuesday 12 / 1)

17.

Kay sold 450 doughnuts in the morning and 87 in the afternoon. How many doughnuts did she sell altogether?

The flower shop has 124 red roses and 89 pink roses. It also has some yellow roses. The flower shop has 417 red roses, pink roses, and yellow roses altogether.

How many yellow roses does the flower shop have?

Alisha had 235 raffle tickets. Her friend gave her 138 more. How many raffle tickets does she have altogether?

DeAndre sold 209 Popsicles on Thursday and 432 Popsicles on Friday. How many Popsicles did DeAndre sell in all?

The third-grade classes had a competition to recycle as many aluminum cans as possible. The number of cans each cans each class recycled is recorded in the table.

How many more cans did Mr. Bell’s class recycle than Ms. Long’s and Ms. Davis’s classes combined?

Lilli had $500 in her purse. She spent some money buying a table and $69 buying a shelf. Now she has $75 in her purse.

How much money did Lili spend buying the table?

Lilli spent _____ buying the table.

Sammy bought 121 yellow stamps and 389 purple stamps. How many stamps did he buy altogether?

Ms. Tao has a bag of candies. She gives Mr. Morales 36 cadies. Then, she eats 12 candies. Now, she has 147 candies left in the bag.

How many candies does she have at the beginning?

Mr. Schwartz had a piece of blue fabric. He used 98 inches of the blue fabric to make a blouse. Then, he used 75 inches of the blue fabric to make a skirt. Now he has 123 inches of blue fabric left. How many inches of blue fabric did Mr. Schwartz have at the beginning?