Word Problems 1
Word Problems 2
Word Problems 3
Finding the unknown
Two Step Problems
100

Robert has 8 packs of pencils there are 30 pencils in each pack. How many pencils does Robert have in all? 

What is 240 pencils?

100

Billy played basketball every day for 7 weeks. If there are 7 days in a week, how many days did Billy play basketball altogether?  

What is 49? 
100

Sue had 24 cookies. Bob has 13 fewer than Sue. What is the total number of cookies Sue and Bob have? 

What is 35 cookies? 

100

What is the value of the N in this equation? 

7 x N = 21

What is 3? 

100

5 students need 4 pencils each day. They already have 11 pencils. How many more pencils do they need? 

What is 9 pencils? 

200

Marty read 30 minutes each night last week. What is the total number of minutes Marty read on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday?

What is 120 minutes? 

200

A store sells apples in bags of 10. John buys 8 bags and Jan buys 3 bags. How many apples did John and Jan buy together? 

What is 110 apples? 

200

Andrew can pack 40 crayons in one box. How many crayons can Andrew pack in 4 boxes? 

What is 160 crayons? 

200

What is the value of N in the equation?


N x 5 = 25

What is 5?

200

The Smith Family will drive a total of 347 miles to go to the beach for the weekend. They drove 189 miles in the morning and 125 miles in the afternoon. How many more miles do they still need to drive to get to the beach? 

What is 33 miles? 
300

Aubrey sorted her jellybeans into groups of 20. She made 3 groups of jellybeans. How many jellybeans does Aubrey have in all 

What is 60 jellybeans? 

300

Samantha practices her flute for 4 hours each day. How many hours does Samantha practice her flute in 7 days? 

What is 28 hours? 

300

Jonathan read 60 pages in his book. He read 12 pages a night. How many nights did it take Jonathan to read 60 pages? 

What is 5 nights? 

300

N ÷  6 = 4

What is 24? 

300

The total number of students at Sandy Grove for 1st -3rd grade was 780 students. 

1st grade          244 students

2nd grade         305 students

3rd grade          N 

How many students were in third grade? 

What is 231? 

400

Edward has 24 toys cars he wants to share equally between 6 friends. How many cars will each friend get? 

What is 4 cars? 

400

Jessica took 18 pictures with her new camera. She send and equal number of pictures to her 2 friends. How many pictures will each friend get? 

What is 2 pictures? 

400

Monica bought 30 strawberries. She put the same number of strawberries in each of 5 baskets. What was the total number of strawberries she put into each basket? 

What is 6 strawberries? 

400

What is the value of the N in the equation? 


N ÷ 6 = 5

What is 30? 

400

Lori has 88 stickers. She gets 12 more for her birthday. Then Lori gave away 25 of them. How many stickers does Lori have now? 

What is 75 stickers? 

500

There are 15 toys. If they are shared equally with 3 friends, how many toys would each friend get? 

What is 5 toys? 

500

Julie buys 4 packs of cookie with 6 cookies in each pack. She shared the cookies with herself and 3 friends. How many cookies will each friend receive? 

What is 6 cookies? 

500

A farmer fills 3 boxes with eggs in the morning. Each box holds 5 eggs. In the evening the farmer fills 4 boxes. How many eggs did the farmer fill in the boxes altogether? 

What is 27 eggs? 

500

What is the value of N in the equation below? 


9 x N = 27

What is 3? 
500

The beta club needs to raise $950 for prizes. The first week they raised $276. The second week they raised $384. How much more money does the Beta club need to raise? 

What is $290? 

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