2 Step Word Problems
Elapsed Time
Liquid Volume/Mass
Subtraction
Rounding
100

Hirami has 12 cups of flour in a bag and 6 cups of flour in a jar. He is making batches of bread that each call for 3 cups of flour. How many batches of bread can Hirami make?

6 Batches

100

Megan starts eating breakfast at 9:54 AM. Tell what time she is done with breakfast if she takes 24 minutes to eat.

10:18 AM

100

Christy has two dogs. Fluffy has a mass of 32 kilograms. Spot has a mass of 18 kilograms. How many more kilograms is Fluffy than Spot?

14 KG

100

What is 806 – 399?

407

100

Round 943 to the nearest hundred.

900

200

Cassi bought 50 pounds of dirt. She used 10 pounds to fill a hole in her yard. Then she filled pots with 5 pounds of soil in each pot. How many pots could she fill?

8 Pots

200

Jake starts cleaning his room at 3:51 PM. Tell what time he is done cleaning if he takes 19 minutes to clean.

4:10 PM

200

Lamar has 50 kilograms of wood chips. He wants to use all the wood chips and put an equal amount in 5 different places in his yard. How many kilograms will he put in each place?

10 KG

200

Maya is reading a book that has 427 pages. Her sister is reading a book that has 232 pages. How many more pages does Maya’s book have than her sister’s book?

195 Pages

200

Round 54 to the nearest ten.

50

300

Becky has 6 packages of clay that each weigh 5 pounds. To make a bowl, she needs 3 pounds of clay. How many bowls can Becky make?

10 Bowls

300

Beth starts her homework at 4:56 PM. It takes her 15 minutes to finish. At what time does Beth finish her homework?

5:11 PM

300

Jenny has 800 grams of raisins. She uses 357 grams of raisins in a recipe. How many grams of raisins does Jenny have left?

443 G

300

What is 527 – 313?

214

300

Round 765 to the nearest hundred.

800

400

Marc has 36 pounds of apples to use to make pies. He uses 4 pounds of apples for each pie. Marc uses all of the apples to make pies, and then sells each pie for $8. How much money does Marc collect for all the pies?

$72

400

Caleb finishes breakfast at 7:15 AM. Tell what time he started breakfast if it took 26 minutes.

6:49 AM

400

Luis has a block of cheese that is 375 grams. He has another block of cheese that is 432 grams. How many grams of cheese does Luis have in all?

807 G

400

What is the difference between 681 and 294?

387

400

Round 40 to the nearest ten.

40

500

There are 28 students signed up for art camp. Today, 8 students are not there. The students who are at camp today are put into groups of 4. How many groups are there?

5 Groups

500

Melanie finishes washing the dishes at 6:20 PM. Tell what time she started washing dishes if it took 25 minutes.

5:55 PM

500

Peyton needs 20 liters of water to
fill a small pool. How many 4-liter buckets will she need to fill the pool?

5 Buckets

500

Catalina records the weather for 365 days. It is sunny 186 days. How many days are not sunny?

179

500

Round 879 to the nearest hundred.

900