Solving Two Step Word Problem

Mandy earned $5.00 for allowance. She bought an ice cream cone for $1.25 and a pack of stickers for 50 cents. How much money does Mandy have left?

• 3.25

• 6.75

• 4.35

• 11.75

Jay mows lawns and washes cars to earn money. • He earns $8 for each lawn he mows. • He earns $5 for each car he washes. • On Friday, he mowed 3 lawns and washed 3 cars. • On Saturday, he spent $15 of the money he earned. Which expression shows the amount of money Jay had left?

• (3 × 8 + 5) – 15

• 3 × (8 + 5) – 15

• (3 + 8 + 5) – 15

• (8 + 5) – 15 × 3

The school store usually sells T-shirts for $9 each. Today, the shirts are on sale for $3 off. Mr Morgan buys 4 T-shirts on sale.

How much did Mr. Morgan pay for each shirt?

• $3

• $6

• $9

• $12

Dennis bought his mom a box of 8 chocolate-covered strawberries. Each chocolate-covered strawberry costs $2, and he paid an extra $5 for it to be wrapped in his mom’s favorite color. How much did he pay for the gift for his mom?

• $16

• $13

• $21

• $40

Aubreoni has 145 marbles. 33 marbles are green and 57 are blue. The rest of the marbles are red. How many red marbles does Aubreoni have?

• 90 red marbles

• 55 red marbles

• 78 red marbles

• 65 red marbles

Camora has 20 groups of 10 pencils. 137 are sharpened. How many dull pencils does Camora have?

• 200 dull pencils

• 137 dull pencils

• 63 dull pencils

• 83 dull pencils

Hirami has 12 cups of flour in a bag and 6 cups of flour in a jar. He is making batches of bread that each call for 3 cups of flour. How many batches of bread can Hirami make?

Cassi bought 50 pounds of dirt. She used 10 pounds to fill a hole in her yard. Then she filled pots with 5 pounds of soil in each pot. How many pots could she fill?

Becky has 6 packages of clay that each weigh 5 pounds. To make a bowl, she needs 3 pounds of clay. How many bowls can Becky make?

Marc has 36 pounds of apples to use to make pies. He uses 4 pounds of apples for each pie. Marc uses all of the apples to make pies, and then sells each pie for $8. How much money does Marc collect for all the pies?