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2-Step Word Problems
100

A store owner was buying uniforms for his employees. If each of his three stores needed eight uniforms how many uniforms would he need?

3x8=24

100

Tom bought several boxes of books at a yard sale and ended up with twelve books total. If each box had two books how many boxes did he buy?

12 divided by two equals six

100

472-446=

26

100

Oliver spent 2 hours and 55 minutes playing video games. If he stopped to eat dinner at 7:55, what time did he originally start playing?

5:00

100

Chloe was unboxing some of her old winter clothes. She found four boxes of clothing and inside each box there were two scarves and six mittens. How many pieces of winter clothing did Chloe have total?

32

200

Zoe was practicing for a marathon. She practiced for six days, running four miles each day. How many miles did Zoe run altogether?

6x4=24

200

Katie is making bead necklaces for her friends. She has twenty-five beads and each necklace takes five beads. How many necklaces can Katie make?

Twenty-five divided by five equals five.

200

787-523

264

200

Robin spent 1 hour and 50 minutes cleaning her room. If it was 6:45 when she finished, what time was it when she started?

4:55

200

While playing at the arcade, Paul won thirty-nine tickets playing 'whack a mole' and fifteen tickets playing 'skee ball'. If he was trying to buy candy that cost nine tickets a piece, how many could he buy?

6

300

A delivery driver had to make four more stops on his route. At each stop he had to drop off two boxes. How many boxes does he have?

4x2=8

300

While playing basketball Team A scored sixteen points. If each person scored four points, how many people were playing?

Sixteen divided by four equals four.

300

425-279

146

300

Oliver started looking for his missing cat at 2:40. If he found it at 6:00, how long did he spend looking?

3 hours and 20 mins

300

For the school bake sale Carol made 30 cupcakes. If she sold 9 of them and then made 28 more, how many cupcakes would she have?

49

400

An employee at a construction site earns nine dollars an hour. If he works eight hours in one week, how much money would he have earned?

9x8=72

400

There are fifty-six students in the school band. If the band instructor put the students into rows with seven students in each row, how many rows could he make?

Fifty-six divided by seven equals eight.

400

961-223

738

400

Faye took a train from her house to the state capitol. The train left at 1:05 and got to the capitol at 3:50. How long was the train ride?

2 hrs and 45 mins

400

A new building needed 14 windows. The builder had already installed 5 of them. If it takes 4 hours to install each window, how long will it take him to install the rest?

36

500

Sam bought twelve boxes of candy with each box having eleven pieces inside of it. How many pieces of candy did he have total?

12x11=132

500

Amy had nintey-six video games. If she put them into stacks with twelve in each stack, how many stacks could she make?

Ninety-six divided by twelve equals eight. 

500

900-489

411

500

Paul spent 2 hours and 45 minutes working on homework. If he started at 5:20, what time was it when he finished?

8:05

500

April's discount flowers was having a sale where each flower was three dollars. If Emily bought two roses and two daisies, how much did she spend?

12