Two-Step Word Problems
A school orders 48 boxes of crayons. Each box has 24 crayons. They donate 356 crayons to another class. How many crayons are left?
796
6 × 47
282
135 ÷ 5
27
Fill in the blank: 3/5 = ___/10
6/10
Which is greater: 3/4 or 3/8?
3/4
A bakery makes 1,248 cookies. The cookies are packed equally into boxes that hold 9 cookies each.
How many full boxes can be made, and how many cookies are left over?
138 boxes, 6 cookies left
A movie theater has 24 rows of seats with 18 seats in each row. How many seats are in the theater?
432
A teacher has 128 pencils to share equally among 6 classes.
How many pencils does each class get, and how many are left over?
21 pencils each, 2 left over
Are 4/6 and 2/3 equivalent. If so, explain why
Both represent the same portion of a whole; 4/6 simplifies to 2/3.
Samantha ate 2/5 of her pizza. Max ate 3/5 of the same-size pizza.
Who ate more pizza?
Max
A factory packs 125 boxes of markers. Each box contains 8 packs of markers. If 214 packs are shipped to stores, how many packs remain?
786 packs
A farmer plants 28 rows of corn. Each row has 45 corn plants. How many corn plants are there?
1,260
There are 365 students going on a field trip. Each bus holds 8 students.
How many full buses are needed?
46 Buses
365 ÷ 8 = 45 R5 → need 46 buses
What fraction is equivalent to 3/12:
6/12 1/4 9/15
1/4
Compare: 7/8 ___ 5/6
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A school collects 2,304 cans of food. They divide the cans equally among 9 food banks. Each food bank then gives away 118 cans. How many cans does each food bank have left?
138
A student estimates 49 × 62 by rounding to 50 × 60. What is the estimate, and is it reasonable?
What is the exact product?
3,000; yes, because the rounded numbers are close to the originals.
Exact product: 3,038
A factory packs 972 toys equally into 9 shipping crates. Each crate then gives away 48 toys.
How many toys are left in each crate?
60
Find two different fractions that are equivalent to 3/4.
6/8 and 9/12
Two students drank juice.
Student A drank 3/5 of a bottle.
Student B drank 7/10 of the same-size bottle.
Who drank more?
Student B
A delivery truck carries 1,764 boxes of supplies. The boxes are unloaded equally at 7 schools. Each school then uses 135 boxes. How many boxes does each school have left?
117
A school buys 36 packs of markers. Each pack has 24 markers. How many markers are bought in all?
864
1) Estimate the quotient of 1,198 ÷ 4 and explain your thinking.
2) Solve for the exact quotient
1) About 300, because 1,200 ÷ 4 = 300
2) 299 R 2
1) draw a model that shows 2/3 = 4/6
2) Find 2 more fractions equivalent to 2/3 and 4/6
6/9
8/12
10/15
12/18
A smoothie shop used strawberries in two recipes:
Recipe A used 7/12 of a pound of strawberries
Recipe B used 2/3 of a pound
Recipe B