Two Step Word Problems
Christopher brings in 5 cans for the school food drive on Monday. The next day, Bryce brings in 4 cans and Christopher brings in 8 cans. How many cans do they have altogether?
17 cans
Mrs. Bisek has 13 colored pencils. She has 8 at home and some at school. How many colored pencils are at school?
5 colored pencils are at school
There were 8 elephants and 7 zebras at the zoo. Then 3 more elephants were born. How many elephants are there at the zoo now?
10 elephants
There are 4 fewer roses than daisies in a vase. There are 9 roses in the vase. How many daisies are in the vase?
13 daisies
Myla has 18 cows and 12 horses in a field. There are 8 brown cows. The rest are white. How many cows are white?
10 white cows
Aubrey has 18 tomatoes. She uses 6 tomatoes to make a sauce. Then she makes a salad with 2 tomatoes. How many tomatoes does she have left?
10 tomatoes
Connor has 15 toy dinosaurs. Landen has 7 toy dinosaurs. How many fewer toy dinosaurs does Landen have than Connor?
8 toy dinosaurs
Colton has 8 red tooth brushes and 6 green ones. Then he buys 9 more red ones. How many red tooth brushes does he have now?
17 red tooth brushes
There are 6 more girls than boys in the library. There are 12 girls in the library. How many boys are in the library?
6 boys
There are some frogs on a rock. Then 9 more frogs jump on the rock. How there are 14 frogs. How many frogs were on the the rock first?
5 frogs
There are 19 insects on the sidewalk. 7 insects move away from the sidewalk. Then 3 insects moved onto the sidewalk. How many insects are on the sidewalk?
15 insects
Gohan has 14 books. He gives some books to his brother. Now Gohan has 5 books left. How many books does Gohan give to his brother?
9 books
Marcus has 7 long ribbons and 9 short ribbons. He gives away 5 short ribbons. How many short ribbons does Marcus have now?
4 short ribbons
William has 11 stickers. Bryan has 3 stickers. How many fewer stickers does Bryan have than William?
8 stickers
Kimberly has 11 grapes in a bowl. Alexis has 5 more grapes than Kimberly. How many grapes does Alexis have?
16 grapes
Daniel has 5 purple shirts. He has 4 more yellow shirts than purple shirts. How many shirts does he have in all?
13 shirts
Raul has a box of tennis balls. Fatima takes 7 of them. Now Raul has 5 left. How many tennis balls did Raul have in the beginning?
12 tennis balls
Ms. Sylvester has 8 kittens and 2 dogs. 4 kittens are asleep. How many kittens are awake?
4 kittens
Mrs. Buskey solves 3 more puzzles than Ava. Ava solves 9 puzzles. How many puzzles does Mrs. Buskey solve?
12 puzzles
There are 6 basketballs, 3 footballs, and 9 baseballs on the playground. How many balls are on the playground?
18 balls on the playground
Angelica has 19 pictures on a table. She gives 4 pictures to Cori and 7 pictures to Fisher. How many pictures does she have left?
8 pictures
Belinda has 6 cherries. Katherine gives her some more cherries. Belinda has 13 cherries now. How many cherries did Katherine give Belinda?
7 cherries
Ms. Ahlert has 5 blue notebooks and 6 yellow notebooks in her desk. Her student gives her 7 more blue notebooks. How many blue notebooks does Ms. Ahlert have now?
12 blue notebooks
Kayla has 12 buttons. If she gives away 5 buttons, she will have as many as Ximena. How many buttons does Ximena have?
7 buttons
Giselle picks 17 apples. Sam picks 9 fewer apples than Giselle. How many apples does Sam pick?
8 apples