Two Step Word Problems
Marcus went to the candy store. He bought 3 packages of dark chocolate and 9 packages of white chocolate. Each package has 6 pieces of chocolate. How many pieces of chocolate did Marcus buy in all?
3×6 = 18 dark chocolate
9×6 = 54 white chocolate
54 + 18 = 72 pieces of chocolate
Finley has 7 $10, 5 $5, 9 $1. He also has 3 quarters, 1 nickel and 4 pennies. How much money does he have?
$104.84
Estimate the problem below.
Michael raised $374 for charity. Monica raised $238 for the charity. About how much money did they raise altogether?
374 400 + 238 200 = 600
or
374 370 + 238 240 = 610
Kim has a backyard in the shape of a rectangle. The length is 9 and the width is 7.
What is the area of her backyard?
63 square units
Dina left for her dance recital at 2:55. If she got home at 6:15, how long did was she gone?
3 hours 20 minutes.
Faye had 34 coloring books. She gave away 14 of them, but then bought 48 more. How many does she have in all?
34 - 14 = 20 coloring books
20 + 48 = 68 coloring books
Delainey has 4 $100 bills. She buys a new video game for her brother for $69.99, a necklace for her mom for $45.60, a baby doll for her sister for $12.81, a box of chocolate for her grandma for $3.60, a new tool for her grandpa for $17.50 and flowers and a card for her teacher for $14.10.
A. How much money does she have left?
$236.40
Beth was rounding numbers to the nearest 10. She rounded 2 numbers to 640. Name 2 numbers she could have rounded.
635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 644
Fran has a square backyard. She has a perimeter of 28 feet. What is the length of each side?
28/4= 7 feet.
4 x y =1600
y= 400
Sally runs 6 miles in 90 minutes on Saturday. Sunday she runs 8 miles in 120 minutes, Monday she runs 10 miles in 150 minutes. If she continues at this rate, how many miles and minutes will she run on Tuesday?
12 miles, 180 minutes.
Gina has $595 in her bank account. She spends $340.96 on a new xbox and wii. Then her grandma gives her $120 for her birthday and graduation.
A. How much money does she have now?
B. Does she have more money than she spent?
A. She has $374.04
B. She has more money than she spent, because she spent $340.96.
Round 816 to the nearest 10 and the nearest 100.
820 and 800.
7 and 6.
70 + y= 230
y= 160
A.) How many guests are allowed?
B.) How many people in total will be at the graduation?
A. 480 guests
B. 600 people in all
Sammy gets an allowance each week of $40. If there are 52 weeks in a year. How much money does he make?
$2080
$14.92- $15.00
$27.80- $28.00
Total= $43
Ken has a rectangular shaped backyard. If his perimeter is 90 centimeters and the length is 30 cm. How much is the width?
Width= 15 cm.
A long-neck dinosaur has 863 scales. A modern-day lizard has 248 scales. How many more scales does a dinosaur have then a modern-day lizard?
615 scales
There are 78 third graders. If Mrs. Smith is putting students in groups of three, how many groups will there be?
26 groups
Sammy makes $2080 in a year from his allowance. His grandma says she would give him double the amount of money he earns for his allowance if he got straight A's. How much money would Sammy have altogether?
$6240
Estimate the equation $67.90 + $21.75=
$68 + $22= $90
A. What will the new area be?
B. What will be the length and width of the new backyard?
A. 112 square feet
B. Length 42 square feet. Width 14 square feet.
876- y= 519
y= 357