2 Step Word Problems (+ and -)
Mary wants 156 cupcakes for her party. Mary has already made 36 vanilla cupcakes, and 72 mocha cupcakes. How many more cupcakes does Mary need to make?
Mary needs to makes 48 cupcakes.
6 - 3 - 2
3 x 2 = 6
2 x 3 = 6
6 / 2 = 3
6 / 3 = 2
The 3 kindergarten teachers ordered some new whiteboard markers to share equally. They could afford 5 packs with 6 markers in each. How many markers will each teacher get?
Each teacher will get 10 markers.
There were 56 birdhouses at school. Today, 4 classes made more birdhouses. Each class made 8 birdhouses. How many total birdhouses are there now?
88 total birdhouses
For Halloween Amy scored nine pieces of candy. She ate six pieces the first night and then her sister gave her forty-eight more pieces. How many pieces of candy does Amy have now?
Amy has 51 pieces of candy.
3 - 12 - 4
3 x 4 = 12
4 x 3 = 12
12 / 3 = 4
12 / 4 = 3
Mrs. Hardin bought a 2-pack of bottled tea. Each bottle has 8 servings. She poured all the tea into 4 tall glasses of the same size. How many servings are in each glass?
There are 4 servings in each glass.
Adeline buys 8 packs of Fun Gum. Each pack has 7 pieces of gum. Marisol buys Juicy gum. Each Juicy Gum pack has 9 pieces of gum. Adeline has 11 more pieces of gum than Marisol. How many packs of gum did Marisol buy?
5 packs of gum.
At the arcade, Henry won nine tickets playing 'whack a mole' and twenty-seven tickets playing 'skee ball'. If he spent nineteen of his tickets on a hat, how many tickets does Henry have left?
Henry has 17 tickets left.
16 - 8 - 2
2 x 8 = 16
16 / 2= 8
16 / 8 = 2
A group of 6 friends shares 12 cookies fairly. Each cookie has 5 big chunks of chocolate in it. How many chunks of chocolate does each friend get?
Each friend gets 10 chunks of chocolate.
Students in 3 art classes cut 728 inches of ribbon into 8-inch long pieces. Two of the classes together cut 656 inches of ribbon. How many 8-inch long pieces of ribbon did the other class cut?
9 lengths of ribbon
Kaleb had eighteen socks. If he threw away eight old ones that didn't fit and bought thirtytwo new ones, how many socks would he have?
Kaleb would have 42 socks.
3 - 15 - 5
5 x 3 = 15
3 x 5 = 15
15 / 3 = 5
15 / 5 = 3
Eighteen cups are equally packed into 6 boxes. Two boxes of cups break. How many cups are unbroken?
12 cups are unbroken.
Mr. Dent had 32 markers in his classroom. He buys new boxes of markers that have 9 markers in each box. Now, he has 86 markers. How many new boxes did he buy?
6 new boxes of markers
Rachel had twenty-eight math problems and twenty-nine science problems for homework. If she finished fifty-three of the problems at school, how many problems did she have to do for homework?
Rachel had to complete 4 problems.
8 - 72 - 9
9 x 8 = 72
8 x 9 = 72
72 / 8 = 9
72 / 9 = 8
Mrs. Aquino makes hats for babies in the hospital. This week, she made 9 hats a day for 4 days. Then, she divided up the hats evenly and sent them to 6 hospitals. How many hats did Mrs. Aquino send to each hospital?
Mrs. Aquino sent 6 hats to each hospital.
Jayson had 274 postcards in his collection. He wanted to give Sam some of his postcards. Jayson gave Sam 8 postcards from each set below:
• Arts • Sports • Schools • Parks • Beaches • Sunsets
How many postcards did Jayson have left?
226 postcards