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Challenge: Multi-Step Word Problems
100

5 x 9

What is 45

100

What is quotient?

The answer to a division problem.

100
Gabe has a big spelling test coming up. He must learn 35 words. On Monday he learned 12 words. On Tuesday he learned 9 words. How many more words must he learn?
What is 14 more words
100
Johnny put 25,419 miles on his brand new car in 2001. In 2002, he put another 25,687 miles on his car. How many miles are on his car now?
What is 51,106 miles
100
Tauer loved model cars. He received 12 for his birthday last year, 15 for his birthday this year, and he bought 6 model cars with his own money. He gave 1 car to his dad for Father's Day and 2 to his brother. How many model cars does he have now?
What is 30 model cars
200

Skip count by 6's from 6 to 60

What is 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60

200

In a word problem, what key words tell you it is an addition problem? Name at least 2

What is: in all, total, all together, increased by, sum, combined

200
Trevor collected 16 pieces of wood for his fort. Mrs. Olsen gave him 7 pieces. Mr. Smith gave him 5 pieces. He got the rest from his garage. How many pieces did he get from his garage?
What is 4 pieces
200
On July 4th, the Richmond Flying Squirrels sold 2,987 tickets. On July 5th, they sold 5,698 tickets. How many more tickets did they sell on July 5th than on July 4th?
What is 2,711 tickets
200
Marcy and her mom went to the movies. Marcy's ticket cost $3.50 and her mom's ticket cost $5.50. Her mom paid with a $20.00 bill. How much change should she get back?
What is $11.00
300

876- 598 =

What is 278?

300

The clue words: Less than, fewer, gave away, left 

tell that you should perform which operation? 

What is subtraction?

300
Addie wants to collect 36 newspapers for the recycling drive. She found 12 newspapers at her house. She collected 10 newspapers from neighbors. How many more newspapers does she need to reach her goal?
What is 14 newspapers
300
Jerimiah was headed to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It takes a total of 103,000 miles for him to get there from his house. He drives 46,008 miles and then has to stop and take a break. How many more miles does he have left to arrive in Myrtle Beach?
What is 56,992 more miles
300
Tina's T-shirt Shop had 50 blue t-shirts. Tina sold 14 blue t-shirts on Tuesday and 17 blue t-shirts on Wednesday. How many blue shirts does Tina have left?
What is 19 blue t-shirts
400

120 divided by 10 =

What is 12

400

What you call an answer to an addition problem

What is sum?

400
Austin had 30 cups of lemonade at his stand when he started. At 8:30, Austin sold 9 cups of lemonade, and at 9:00 he sold 15 cups. How many cups does he have now?
What is 6 cups
400
Caroline and Harrison want to go to a Virginia Tech football game. The stadium holds 62,000 fans. Virginia Tech has already sold 59,670 tickets. How many more seats are available?
What is 2,330 more seats
400
There were 14 people in line at Tony's Tacos. 5 people were served and left the line. 6 new people got in line. How many people are in line now?
What is 15 people
500

1258 + 987=

What is 2245

500

What is a strategy for solving a multiplication problem?

What is an array, repeated addition, a model. etc.

500
You want to find the perfect birthday card for your uncle Marv. There are 3,569 different cards from which to choose. 794 of the cards are not for birthdays. 1,465 of the cards are for people other than uncles. How many cards are left from which you can choose?
What is 1,310 cards
500
Joshua's parents bought a house that cost $395,276 and Tammy's parents bought a house that cost $145,988. How much do their houses cost altogether?
What is $541,264
500
Mark had $5.00 to spend. He wanted to buy baseball cards that cost $3.75 and bubble gum that cost $0.75. Did he have enough money to buy both?
What is yes
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