Solving Two-Step Word Problems

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

Matt has 2 packages, each with 6 pieces of candy. He eats 4 of the candies. How many pieces of candy are left?

• 16

• 12

• 10

• 8

Carly ran a race in 28 minutes, and Martha ran the same distance in 2 fewer minutes. How many minutes did it take Carly and Martha to run the race combined?

• 26 minutes

• 30 minutes

• 44 minutes

• 54 minutes

Julianna has 48 bags of treats. She is going to give 3 bags to her teacher. She will then give the rest out equally to her 5 friends. How many bags of treats will each friend receive?

• 40 bags of treats

• 9 bags of treats

• 5 bags of treats

• 50 bags of treats

Serenity made 6 necklaces. Each necklace had 8 charms on it. She gave away 3 necklaces, how many charms does she have left?

• 24 charms

• 45 charms

• 11 charms

• 17 charms

Annabel was running in the Fun Run to raise money for her school. Her parents donated $4 per lap. Her grandparents donated $2 per lap. Her aunt donated $1 per lap. She ran 25 laps. How much money did she raise during the Fun Run?

• 165

• 175

• 180

• 190

Five friends went to dinner at Old Chicago. Each person’s meal was $8. They paid with two $10 bills, two $5 bills, and one $20 bill. The amount they got back after they paid was the amount they tipped their waitress. How much did they tip her?

• $6

• $10

• $8

• $7

Grandma made pies for the school bake sale. Her apple pie had 8 slices, and her cherry pie had 5 slices. She made two of each type of pie. She then placed two slices of pie on each plate to sell. How many plates did she have to sell?

• 15

• 40

• 26

• 13

867 books were in the school library. 322 books were checked out in the morning. Then 131 more books were check out in the afternoon. How many books are still in the library?

• 545

• 414

• 736

• 453

Allison is reading a book with 99 pages.  She read 37 pages on Monday.  Then she read 42 pages on Tuesday.  How many pages does she still have to read?

• 178

• 79

• 20

• 62