Two-step word problems
A library has 48 books on one shelf and 36 books on another. The librarian puts all the books equally onto 6 shelves.
How many books are on each shelf?
14
A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. Mia eats 3/8 of the pizza, and her brother eats 2/8.
How much pizza is left?
3/8
Emma ate 2/6 of a cake, and Liam ate 3/6 of the same cake.
First simplify both fractions, then compare them.
1/3 < 1/2
A farmer picked 40 apples. He puts them into 5 baskets equally. Then 2 apples are taken out of each basket.
How many apples are in each basket now?
6
3 x 15
45
A toy store sells 7 boxes of cars with 9 cars in each box. Then 15 cars are sold.
How many cars are left?
48
A ribbon is 12 inches long. Sarah uses 1/3 of it, then later uses 1/4 of the whole ribbon.
How many inches did she use in total?
7 inches
A class finished 4/8 of a book on Monday and 3/8 on Tuesday.
Which day did they read more?
Monday
A store has 48 balloons. They are packed into 6 bags equally. Then 3 balloons in each bag pop.
How many balloons are left in each bag?
5
7 x 2
14
A farmer collects 56 eggs. He packs them into cartons of 8 eggs each. Then he sells 3 cartons.
How many eggs are left?
32 eggs
A class drank 5/6 of a jug of water in the morning and 1/6 in the afternoon.
How much water did they drink altogether?
1 whole jug
Sarah drank 1/4 of a bottle of juice in the morning and 2/4 in the afternoon.
Compare the amounts she drank.
1/4 < 2/4
A class has 54 crayons. They are shared equally among 9 students. Then each student gives away 2 crayons.
How many crayons does each student have left?
4
There are 6 bags with 4 oranges in each bag.
How many oranges are there in total?
24
There are 45 students in a school. They are split into 5 equal groups. Then 10 more students join each group.
How many students are in each group now?
19
A chocolate bar is split into 10 pieces. Jake eats 2/10, and Lily eats 3/10.
How many pieces are left?
5/10 (or 1/2)
Jake ran 3/5 mile, and Mia ran 4/5 mile.
Who ran farther?
Mia
24 ÷ 6 = ___
4
A classroom has 8 rows of desks with 5 desks in each row.
How many desks are there?
40
A class has 64 crayons. They are divided equally among 8 students. Then each student finds 3 more crayons.
How many crayons does each student have now?
11
A cake is divided into 12 slices. At a party, people eat 7/12 of the cake. Later, 2/12 more is eaten.
How much cake is left?
3/12 (or 1/4)
A pizza is cut into 8 slices. One person eats 2/8, another eats 3/4.
Convert to like fractions, then compare.
3/4 is greater
68 ÷ 9 = ___ r ___
7 r5
A baker makes 7 trays of cookies with 9 cookies on each tray.
How many cookies does the baker make?
63