2-Step Word Problems

Add/Subtract

100

Karen has 4 marbles. She buys 7 more. She then gives her sister 3. How many marbles does she have now?

8

200

Tyler scored 10 points. Andy scored 15. The bench players scored 5 points.. How many points did they score in total?

30

300

Amanda needs to reach 30 points to meet her  goal. She gained 3 points in the first trimester. She earned 10 more in the second. How many more points will she need to score in the 3rd trimester to reach her end of the year goal?

17

400

A zoo has 72 animals split into three sections. There are 20 in the arctic section and 17 in the forest section. How many animals are in the desert section?

35

500

The third grade has a student population of 90 students. There are 29 in one class and 25 in another class. How many  third grade students are in the third class? 

36

Multiply/Subtract

100

Jen has 3 packs of cards with 5 cards in each pack. She gives 4 to her brother. How many cards does she have now?

11

200

Jason has 12 apples. He throws out 4 rotten ones. He cuts the rest of the apples into 4 slices. How many slices of apple does he have?

32

300

George earns $10 an hour. He works for 8 hours. After work he spends $16 of the money he just earned. How much money does he have left?

$64

400

There are 3 groups of 5 dogs at the park. 4 leave. How many paws are now at the park?

11

500

There are 40 boxes with 3 computers in each. During the shipping process 36 get damaged. How many of the computers are undamaged?

84

Multiply/Add

100

Luke earned 6 dollars for every lawn he mowed. If he mowed 3 lawns and he already had 4 dollars saved up, how much money does he have total?

$22

200

At band practice there were 9 rows of students with 8 students in each row and then another 7 students in the back. How many students were there total?

79

300

Jenny has read 3 books with 7 pages in each book. The  next night she reads 12 pages. How many pages has she read?

33

400

Henry has 48 shoes. He then makes 20 more pairs (2 shoes in each pair). How many shoes does he have now?

88

500

There are 5 pages in each spiral notebook. Jen grabs 4 notebooks and James gets 9. How many pages do the two have combined?

65

Subtract/Divide

100

There are 45 bags of dog food. 3 are given away. The rest are split up even between 6 dogs. How many packs of food does each dog get?

7

200

Tom had $43. If he spent 19 bucks on a new game, how many $3 toys could he buy with the money he had left?

8

300

John scored 66 goals in a season. One game he scored 6 goals. He scored the same amount of goals in the next 10 games. How many goals did he score in each  of the remaining games?

6

400

The farming company had 50 apples. 10 had to be thrown away. The rest were equally distributed between 8 trucks. How many apples were in each truck?

5

500

There are 40 freshmen at the University. 10 took their college math in high school. The rest of the freshmen are split up evenly into 6 math classes. How many students are in each math class?

5

Mixed

100

Frank has 12 candy bars. He keeps 3 for himself and gives each of his three friends the rest. Each friend got the same amount of bars. How much candy does each person get?

3

200

At the fair Adam bought 10 tickets. After riding the ferris wheel he had 4 tickets left. If each ticket cost 5 dollars, how much money did Adam spend riding the ferris wheel?

$30

300

There are 50 3rd graders and 45 4th graders. Each student is given two pencils. How many pencils were given out?

190

400

There are 150 second graders signed up to go on a field trip. They are split into 10 groups. Each group has one child who does not show up. How many students are in each group?

14

500

A company tests 40 drones a day for 7 days. 59 failed testing. How many passed testing?

221