Solve 2-Step Word Problems

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

• 24 pencils

• 4 pencils

• 17 pencils

• 5 pencils

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

• 20 ounces

• 32 ounces

• 4 ounces

• 36 ounces

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

A coach buys 4 cans of yellow tennis balls and 3 cans of green tennis balls.

Each can of tennis balls costs $6.

What is the total cost, in dollars, of the cans of tennis balls the coach buys?

• $13

• $22

• $42

• $48

Marco has 12 whistles. He puts all of the whistles into bags. He puts 4 whistles into eachbag. Which equation can be used to find b, the number of bags Marco puts whistles into?

• b + 4 = 12

• b - 12 = 4

• b x 4 = 12

• b ÷ 12 = 4

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

Sue, Kim and David went to the movies. Sue bought 5 movie tickets for $4 each. She paid with a $50, how much change will she get back?

• 25

• 20

• 30

• 10

A business that rents cars is open for 8 hours on Monday. On Monday morning the business had 45 cars. The business rented 3 cars to customers during each of the first 5 hours. The business rented 2 cars to customers during each of the next 3 hours. The total number of cars that were brought back to the business by customers on Monday was 17. In which equation does c represent the number of cars the business had at the end of the day on Monday?

• c = 45−(5+3)−(3+2)+17

• c = 45−(5×3)−(3×2)−17

• c = 45−(5+3)−(3+2)−17

• c = 45−(5×3)−(3×2)+17

Mrs. Nunez had 182 paper clips in a container on her desk. She ordered another 19 boxes, each box had 48 paper clips in it. How many paper clips does she have now.

• 912

• 3,458

• 1,094

• 8,736

Angela had 18 football cards. Her brother gave her 45 more football cards. She then gave 26 football cards to her friend. How many football cards are left?

• 18 football cards

• 54 football Cards

• 37 football Cards

• 29 football Cards