Two-Step Word Problems
Ms. Cat's cat weighs 6 kilograms. Her dog weighs 22 kilograms more than her cat. What is the total weight of her cat and dog?
What is... 34kg
6 (the weight of the cat)
6 + 22 = 28 (weight of the dog)
6 + 28 = 34kg
Rania has 6 boxes. She puts 6 pencils in each box. How many pencils does she have?
What is.. Rania has 24 pencils total?
6 X 6 = 36
Jessica has read 30 pages of her book. She read 5 pages each night. How many nights did it take Jessica to read 30 pages?
6
Jermaine sold 7 baskets of raspberries and his sister Jasmine sold 5 baskets of strawberries. Raspberries were sold for $3 a basket and strawberries were sold for $2.
Who raised more money? Show how you know.
What is... Jermaine raised more money?
1. 7 X $3 = $21 (strawberries)
2. 5 X $2= $10 (raspberries)
Bailey has four dogs. She has eight dog biscuits to give them, and she wants to make sure that each dog gets an equal number of biscuits. How many biscuits should Bailey give to each dog?
32
Nareena spends 39 minutes studying for her science test. She then does 6 chores. Each chore takes her 3 minutes. How many minutes does Nareena spend studying and doing chores?
What is... 57 minutes
39 (studying)
6 x 3 = 18 (how long it take him to do chores)
39 + 18 = 57 minutes
There are 6 boxes of cookies and each box has 5 cookies inside.
How many cookies are there in all?
What is.. 30 cookies in all?
6 X 5 = 30
Mrs. Pruitt’s class has 24 students. During center time, an equal number of students go to each center.
These are the centers in Mrs. Pruitt’s classroom: Listening center Reading center Writing center Math center
How many students go to each center?
6
There were 845 legos in a box. Isa used 240 legos to build a castle. Jorge used 87 to build a dragon. How many blocks were left in the box?
What is.... There are 518 blocks left in the box?
845 - 240 = 605 (legos after Isa was done with her castle.)
605 - 87 = 518 (legos after Jorge was done with his dragon)
Lynne had 13 cookies. She gave 2 cookies to each of her 6 friends. How many cookies did she have left?
1
Gabi buys 8 boxes of granola bars for a party. Each box has 9 granola bars. After the party, there are 39 bars left. How many bars were eaten during the party?
What is .. 33 granola bars
8 x 9 = 72 (number of granola bars before the party)
72 - 39 = 33 bars were eaten during the party
Gonzalo has 4 cars. Emilio has 3 times as many as Gonzalo.
How many cars does Emilio have?
What is... Emilio has 12 cars?
4 X 3= 12
Balloons come in 5 colors. Devon bought 8 balloons of each color. After he gave some of the balloons to his sister, Devon had 16 balloons left. How many balloons did Devon give his sister?
24
Gonzalo receives 5 cents for each can or bottle he recycles. How many cents does Gonzalo earn if he recycles 23 cans and 32 bottles?
What is .... 11 cents
23 + 32 = 55 (bottles and cans he recycles)
55 divided by 5 = 11 (cents)
There are six balloons. If the balloons are shared equally between two children, how many balloons will each child get?
3
Emma weighs her marbles in a jar, and the scale reads 474 grams. The empty jar weighs 439 grams. Each marble weighs 5 grams. How many marbles are in the jar?
What is... 7 marbles
474 grams = marbles in the jar
439 grams = empty jar
474 - 439 = 35 grams (weight of just the marbles)
35 divided 5 = 7 marbles
Charlotte baked cookies and divided them equally among 7 of her friends. Each friend received 9 cookies. How many cookies did Charlotte bake?
What is... Charlotte baked 63 cookies?
7 X 9 = 63
Walter bought a bookcase to place 56 new books on. He put 7 books on each shelf. How many shelves did Walter use?
8
Aitana and three of her friends are helping their teacher sharpen pencils. They each sharpen 9 pencils. Their teacher sharpens 46 pencils. How many pencils were sharpened in total?
What is.. 82 pencils are sharpened?
4 X 9= 36 (how many pencils Aitana and her 3 friends sharpen)
36 + 46 = 82
Melissa had 7 hens. Five hens each laid 3 eggs. Two hens laid 4 eggs each. How many eggs did the 7 hens lay in all?
23
Six friends equally share the cost of a gift. They pay $90 and receive $42 in change. How much does each friend pay?
What is... $8
$90 - $42 = $48 (the cost of the gift)
$48 divided by 6 = $8 (each friend pays)
Jorge buys a pack of postage stamps. He counts 9 rows of 4 stamps. He thinks of 10 fours to find the total number of stamps. Show the strategy that Jorge might have used to find the total number of stamps. *
What is... Jorge bought 36 postage stamps
9 fours = 10 fours - 1 four
40 - 4
36
Carlos had 8 balloons and Jenny had 12 balloons. They put an equal number of balloons at each of 5 tables. How many balloons were at each table?
4
Juliette bought 4 packs of lollipops to give to her friends. Each pack has 10 lollipops. 8 people are given the lollipops. How many lollipops will each person get?
What is... 5 lollipops is what each person will get.
1. 4 X 10 = 40 (how many lollipops there are in total)
2. 40 ÷ 8 = 5
Brooklyn wants to find the total number of coins she has in her wallet. Brooklyn lays her coins out in 4 columns with 6 coins in each column. How many coins does Brooklyn have?
24