Word Problems
Multi-Step Word Problems
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Key Words
100

Benny naps for 90 minutes each day. How many minutes will he nap in 40 days?

What is 3600?

100

Amanda's apartment building has 5 floors. Each floor has 9 apartments. Each apartment has 2 rooms. How many rooms in all does Amanda's apartment building have?

What is 90 rooms?

100

40 x 30

What is 1,200?

100

Estimate 38 x 43

What is 40 x 40 = 1,600

100
Each
What is multiplication?
200

Liam swims laps in a pool nonstop for 10 minutes. There are 60 seconds in 1 minute. What is the total number of seconds Liam swam?

What is 600 seconds?

200

Ms. Sutch wanted to bake cupcakes and cookies for the class. She baked 11 trays of cookies with 5 cookies on each tray. She baked 9 trays of cupcakes with 10 cupcakes on each tray. How many cookies and cupcakes did Ms. Sutch bake in all?

What is 145 cookies and cupcakes?

200

20 x 20

What is 400?

200
Estimate 23 x 76.
What is 20 x 80 = 1,600?
200
in all
What is addition OR multiplication?
300

The store sold 40 shirts for $20 per shirt. What is the total cost of the shirts they sold?

What is $800?

300

Gus has 24 boxes of baseball cards. Each box has 6 baseball cards. He gives 100 of his baseball cards to Dennis. How many baseball cards does Gus have left?

What is 44 baseball cards?

300

50 x 80

What is 4,000?

300
Estimate the product of 26 and 92.
What is 30 x 90 = 2,700
300
Difference
What is subtraction?
400

Janet has a 30 page photo album. Each page has 30 photos on it. How many photos does Janet have in all?

What is 900 photos?

400

Conor plays video games for 43 minutes for 5 days in September. He plays video games for 62 minutes for 4 days in October. How many more minutes did Conor play video games in October than September? 

What is 33 minutes?

400

80 x 20

What is 1600?

400
Estimate the product of 96 and 34.
What is 100 x 30 = 300?
400
fewer
What is subtraction?
500

Dana can text 90 words per minute. How many words can Dana text in 50 minutes?

What is 4500 words?

500

Owen planted 12 rows of roses with 10 roses in each row. He planted 15 rows of tulips with 10 tulips in each row. How many flowers did Owen plant in all?

What is 270 flowers?

500

100 x 30

What is 3,000?

500
Estimate the product of 103 and 97.
What is 100 x 100 = 10,000?
500
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What is multiplication?
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