2 Step Word Problems
Estrella traveled on a train 3 times last year.
* In March she traveled 256 miles.
* In May she traveled 469 miles.
* In September she traveled 818 miles.
How many more miles did Estrella travel in September than in March and May combined?
256 + 469 = 725
818 - 725 = 93 miles
Yarely's class collected boxes of food for charity. Which unit of measurement should be used to measure the weight of the food boxes?
Quarts Gallons
Pounds Fluid ounces
Pounds
Caleb earned 127 points in the first round of a game. In the second round, he lost 69 points. In the third round, he earned another 213 points. What expression can be used to find the number of points Caleb has now?
127 - 69 + 213 = 271
What is the name of a shape with 6 sides?
Hexagon
Josh has a square garden. One side of the garden is 15 feet. What is the perimeter of Josh's garden?
60 feet.
To make Valentines days cards, 7 students each bought 8 pictures of hearts. The students put 4 heart pictures on each card they made. What is the number of cards the students made?
7 x 8 = 56
56 divided by 4 = 14 cards
Shelby has 8 M&Ms. 2 were blue, 2 were red, 3 were orange, and 1 was green. What fraction of the M&Ms were red and green?
3/8
A long-neck dinosaur has 863 scales. A modern-day lizard has 248 scales. What is the difference between the number of scales a long-neck dinosaur has than a modern-day lizard?
863 - 248 = 615 scales
How many vertices does a cube and a rectangular prism have in total?
16 vertices
Michelle is putting her horse in its stall. The stall is a rectangle. The long side is 9 feet. The short side is 5 feet. What is the area of the stall?
45 feet
Bobby waited 258 minutes in line to buy a ticket for a play. While waiting, he read for 97 minutes and played his video game for 116 minutes. The rest of the time, he talked to his best friend Logan. How long did Bobby talk to Logan?
97 + 116 = 213 minutes
258 - 213 = 45 minutes
Charlie and Aldo went to watch a movie at 1:05 pm. If the movie lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes, what time will the movie have finished?
2:40 pm
Mr. Toyooka has 72 bacon slices to put on 9 hamburgers. If he puts the same number of bacon slices on each hamburger, how many bacon slices will each hamburger have?
8 bacon slices
What is the name of a 12 sided figure?
dodecagon
Christen drew a picture of an equilateral triangle. One side is 16 inches long. What is the perimeter of the triangle?
48 inches
Erika's goal is to practice her guitar for 310 minutes this week.
* On Sunday she practiced for 117 minutes.
* On Monday she practiced for 58 minutes.
How many more minutes does Erika need to practice to reach her goal?
117 + 58 = 175
310 - 175 = 135 more minutes
Mr. Flores has 64 pepperonis to put on 4 pizzas. He wants to put the same number of pepperonis on each pizza. How many pepperonis will be on each pizza?
Solve AND create a strip diagram
16 pepperonis on each pizza
Meghan's third grade class had 9 spelling words each week this year. There are 38 weeks in the school year. How many spelling words did the class have in all?
9 x 38 = 342 spelling words
What are the names of all the quadrilaterals?
Parallelogram, Trapezoid, Rectangle, Rhombus, Square
One side of a square measures 8 inches. What is the area of the square?
8 x 8 = 64 inches
Jacob's mom bought 217 cupcakes for the end of the year party. Anthony's mom bought 189 more cupcakes than Jacob's mom for the party. What is the total number of cupcakes bought by both moms?
217 + 189 = 406
406 + 217 = 623
Some students in a dance contest will start dancing at 1:02 pm. The judge of the contest will ring a bell every 6 minutes until the contest stops at 1:32 pm. Which shows one of the times that the judge will ring the bell?
1:20 PM 1:16 PM 1:18 PM 1:24 pm
1:20 Pm
Emily put 8 boxes of dolls in a closet. Each box weighed 14 pounds and contained 6 dolls. What was the total weight of the boxes Emily put in the closet?
8 x 14 = 112
What are 2 differences between a prism and a pyramid?
1. A prism can have 2 or more vertices at the top and a pyramid only has 1 vertex at the top.
2. A pyramid is made of triangles all around.
3. If you cut a prism in half the shape will remain the same.
Melissa has a rectangular garden full of tomatoes. The length of her garden in 27 meters and the width is 9 meters. What is the PERIMETER of her garden?
72 meters