2-STEP PROBLEMS
MULTI-STEP PROBLEMS
100

Caroline is selling jack-o-lanterns for $3 a pumpkin. She sells 5 on Friday, 10 on Saturday and 4 on Sunday. How much more money did she make on Saturday and Sunday than she did on Friday? 

Friday: 3x5 = $15

Saturday: 10 x 5 = $50

Sunday: 4x5 = $20

50 + 20 = 70

70-15= $55

100

Sarah went trick-or-treating and collected 30 pieces of candy. She ate 5 pieces on the way home and then gave half of the remaining candy to Caroline. How many pieces of candy does Sarah have left?

30-5= 25

25/2 = 12

12 pieces of candy

200

Caroline's teacher spends $84 on apple cider for her students. If there are 21 students in the class, how much did the teach spend on each cup? 

84/21 = 4

$4 per cup

200

A haunted house had 75 visitors in the first hour. In the second hour, 22 more people arrived. In the third hour, 15 people left. How many visitors were in the haunted house at the end of the third hour?

75+ 22 = 97

97-15 = 82

82 people 


300

Caroline watched 18 hours of Halloween movies with her mom. If she watched 5 hours on Wednesday, 2 on Thursday, and 4 on Friday, how many hours did she watch on Saturday? 

18-5-2-4=7

7 hours

300

A haunted house charges $3.50 for children and $5.00 for adults. If a family of 3 adults and 2 children, how much would it be? 

3 x 5 = 15.00

3.50 x 2 = 7.00

15 + 7 = 19


400

Caroline and Kenzie are painting pumpkins for their Halloween party. They needs to paint 250 pumpkins total. The first hour they paints 41, the second hour they paints 105. How many more pumpkins does they need to paint to finish their project?

41 + 105 = 149

250 - 149 = 101 

101 pumpkins

400

Caroline had 24 spider rings to hand out at school. She gave 6 to her classmates at table 1 and she gave 8 to her classmates at table 2. How many rings does she still have to pass out? 

24-6 = 18

18-8 = 10 

10 rings

500

Caroline made 1 dozen ghost cookies, 2 dozen Frankenstein cookies, 2 dozen witch 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

500

Caroline was counting candy corn in a bowl. She counted 15 in one pile and 31 in another pile. Remy came and ate 10 pieces when Carolines wasn't looking. How many candy corn pieces does Caroline have left. 

15 + 31 = 46

46-10 = 36

36 pieces of candy corn

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