Adding and Subtracting Multi-Step Word Problems

Brenda and Jenna saved up $81.75 and $45.25 respectively to buy a gift for Mother’s Day. How much money in all have the sisters set aside for the gift?

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Mandy buys 5 packs of organic milk from the neighbourhood store. Each pack is priced at $3.96. How much does Mandy spend in all on his purchase?

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Mary spent half of her allowance going to the movies. She washed the family car and earned seven dollars. What is her weekly allowance if she ended with seventeen dollars? 

• $20

• $48

• $10

• $12

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Keith bought a soft drink for 2 dollars and 6 candy bars. He spent a total of 14 dollars. How much did each candy bar cost? 

• $12

• $6

• $2

• $3

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Tom had 114 baseball cards. He kept 10 and shared the rest evenly among his 8 friends. How many baseball cards did each friend get?

• 15

• 13

• 18

• 12

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Erika sold half of her comic books and then bought sixteen more. She now has 36. How many did she begin with?

• 36

• 40

• 20

• 10

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At Gamestop you can buy a Xbox One for $150.00 and each game to go with it would cost $24.00. Or, you can buy a Playstation 4 for $180.00 and each game for $20.00. Write an equation to determine how many games would need to be purchased for the cost to be equal?

• 150x + 24 = 180 + 20x

• 150 + 24x = 180 + 20x

• 180 - 150 = 24 x + 20x

• 150 - 24x = 180 - 20x

John and Jane went to a bakery to get cookies for a party. Jane bought x cookies that were $3 each. John bought x cookies that were on sale for $1 plus he got a small cake for $10.00. If John and Jane both spent the same amount of money, which equation shows how many cookies, x, they purchased.

• 3x = x + 10

• x = 3x + 10

• 3x + x = 10

• 3x + x + 10 = 0

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Find the error if one exists. Click on the image to enlarge it.

• There is a mistake in the RED step when the person distributed.

• There is a mistake in the BLUE step when the person combined like terms on the both sides of the equation.

• There is a mistake in the PURPLE step when the person subtracted 3x on both sides.

• There is a mistake in the GREEN step when the person said the final answer is No Solution.

• There is no mistake.