2-STEP PROBLEMS
Caroline is selling lemonade. She sells 26 cups on Friday, 15 cups on Saturday and 35 cups on Sunday. How many more cups did she sell on Friday and Saturday than Sunday?
26+15=41
41-35=6
6 cups
16 friends were at a sleepover but 4 went home early. After they left, the rest of the friends drank 2 cans of soda each. How many cans of soda did they drink in all?
16-4=12
12x2=24
24 cans of soda
Cesar wants to buy his mom a present that costs $15.25. He wants to buy his sister a present that costs $22.47. He has saved $18.50. How much money does he need to save to be able to buy both presents?
15.25+22.47=37.72
37.72-18.50=19.22
$19.22
There were 56 birdhouses at school. Today, 4 classes made more birdhouses. Each class made 8 birdhouses. How many total birdhouses are there now?
4x8=32
56+32=88
8 birdhouses
There were 17 balls on the playground. 5 were soccer balls and 8 were basketballs. The rest were kickballs. How many kickballs were there?
5+8=13
17-13=4
4 kickballs
The Fields family is buying tickets to Butterfly Wonderland. They need 2 adult tickets at $25 each and 2 children’s at $16 each. How much money do the tickets cost in all?
25x2=50
16x2=32
50+32=82
$82
Lincoln is painting rocks for his garden. He needs to paint 500 rocks total. The first hour he paints 190, the second hour he paints 105. How many more rocks does he need to paint to finish his project?
190+105=295
500-295=205
205 rocks
Caroline climbed 15 steps up to the giant slide. She climbed down 6 steps to talk to her friend. Then she climbed up 8 steps to get to the top. How many steps does the slide have?
15-6=9
9+8=17
Caroline made 1 dozen chocolate chip cookies, 2 dozen oatmeal cookies, 2 dozen sugar cookies. She gave away 45 cookies to her friends. How many cookies does she have left?
12+24+24=60
60-45=15
15 cookies
Third grade is going on a field trip. There are 20 kids in each third grade class. There are 6 third grade classes. If 40 kids can fit on a bus. How many buses will they need for their field trip to the zoo?
20x6=120
120/40=3
3 buses