2-Step Word Problems
Joe had 6 cookies. He gave 2 cookies to his friend Pete. Later, he gave 1 cookie to Paul and 1 cookie to Bill. How many cookies does he have left?
Joe has 2 cookies left.
Sally ate 37 jellybeans. Allie ate 49 jellybeans. How many jellybeans did they eat ALTOGETHER?
Sally and Allie ate 86 jellybeans altogether.
17 x 4 =
(10 x 4) + (7 x 4) =
40 + 28 = 68
Ashley drinks a glass of milk for breakfast and lunch every day when she is at school (Mon-Fri). How many glasses of milk did she drink in one school week? Write an equation to go with your answer.
5 days of school x (1 glass of milk x 2 times a day) = 10 glasses of milk in one school week
What is the missing equation in this fact family?
2 x 3 = 6
3 x 2 = 6
6 -: 3 = 2
6 -: 2 = 3
Sid read for 25 minutes on Monday night, 35 minutes on Tuesday night, and 30 minutes on Wednesday night. Ashley read for 90 minutes in total on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Who read more, Sid or Ashley?
They read for the same amount of time.
25 + 35 + 30 = 90
Tim is 16 years old. His brother Jake is 2 years younger than him. Their cousin Milly is 2 years younger than Jake. How many years older is Tim than Milly?
Tim is 4 years older than Milly.
13 x 8 =
(10 x 8) + (3 x 8) =
80 + 24 = 104
Carly baked 2 sheets of cookies. Each sheet pan had 4 rows of cookies with 5 cookies in each row. How many cookies did Carly bake? Write an equation to go with your answer.
2 x (4 x 5) = 40 cookies
What is the missing equation in this fact family?
5 x 8 = 40
8 x 5 = 40
40 -: 5 = 8
40 -: 8 = 5
Allie baked 4 cakes for the bake sale. She sliced each cake into 8 pieces. If she sold 30 pieces of cake, how many pieces were leftover?
Allie has 2 slices of cake leftover.
4 x 8 = 32
32 - 30 = 2
Pluto buried 16 bones in Mickey's backyard. He buried 29 bones in Minnie's backyard. How many more bones did he bury in Minnie's backyard?
Pluto buried 13 more bones in Minnie's backyard than in Mickey's.
14 x 9
(10 x 9) + (4 x 9) =
90 + 36 = 126
Eddie was planting seeds in his garden. He planted 6 rows of plants with 3 plants each in each of his three garden beds. How many plants did Eddie plant? Write an equation to go with your answer.
3 x ( 6 x 3 ) = 54 plants
What is the inverse equation for this division equation?
16 -: 4 = 4
4 x 4 = 16
Fannie had 37 marbles. She lost 13 marbles and decided to divide the rest amongst her siblings. She gave her 4 siblings the rest of her marbles in equal amounts. How many marbles did each sibling receive?
Each sibling received 6 marbles. This is because:
37-13 = 24
Then, 24 divided by 4 is 6.
Chip and Dale stole 34 apples from Donald Duck on Monday, and twice that amount on Tuesday. Donald was able to take back only 17 apples. How many apples did Chip and Dale get away with?
Chip and Dale still had 85 apples.
28 x 6 =
(20 x 6) + (8 x 6)=
120 + 48 = 168
Allie was baking blueberry muffins. The muffin tin had 4 rows with 6 muffins in each row. Each muffin had 7 blueberries in it. How many blueberries did she use in all?
(4 x 6) x 7 = 168 blueberries
What are the 2 inverse division equations for this multiplication equation?
6 x 7 =
42 -: 7 = 6 , 42 -: 6 = 7
Over the weekend, Misery Connell is trying to figure out how long it will take to clean the house. She estimates that after she puts away all the toys it will take about 15 minutes to clean each room. If she begins at 1:00 pm and has 8 rooms to clean, when will she be finished?
3:00 pm
Goofy was trying to solve a pattern problem. The numbers in the sequence were: 72, 64, 56, ___ , 40. "OHHHH TOOOOOODLES!" he screamed. "This is going to be really tough!" What is the missing number? What is the rule for the pattern?
The missing number is 48, the numbers are decreasing by 8 each time.
89 x 9 =
(80 x 9) + (9 x 9) =
720 + 81 = 801
Stinky Pete was washing his dirty socks. He washed 17 pairs of dirty socks every day for 3 days in a row! How many socks did he have altogether?
(17 x 2) x 3 = 102 socks
What are the 2 inverse division equations for this multiplication equation?
9 x 8
72 -: 9 = 8, 72 -: 8 = 9