Solve Addition/Subtraction Two-Step Word Problems-3.4A
The art teacher at Willow Creek Elementary is organizing supplies. The table shows the number of items she has.
Supply Number of Items
Paintbrushes 512
Crayons 789
Markers 654
Colored Pencils 933
How many more colored pencils are there than paintbrushes?
421
Diego sets up a board-game area. He puts 5 game stations in a row.
Each station has 3 games. He wants to double the number of games for Family Night.
Complete the equation to represent the total number of games Diego wants for Family Night.
5×3=______×2=___
5x3=15 x2=30
Diego wants 30 games for Family Night
The 3rd grade is going on a field trip and will use 6 buses. An equal number of students will ride on each bus. There are 18 girls and 30 boys going on the trip.
How many students will ride on each bus?
8 students on each bus
Maya bought a bracelet for $17. She paid with the $30 she earned doing chores.
Later, she bought a cookie for $4.
Which number sentence could be used to find how much money Maya had after buying the cookie?
A. 30 + 17 − 4 = ___
B. 30 − 17 + 4 = ___
C. 30 − 17 − 4 = ___
D. 17 − 4 = ___
C
The science lab received new materials for experiments. The table shows how many of each item were delivered.
Material Number of Items
Beakers 428
Goggles 715
Magnets 603
Microscopes 854
How many more microscopes are there than beakers?
426
Brady baked 5 brownies. He used 45 sprinkles to decorate them. He put an equal number of sprinkles on each brownie.
Which models can be used to find the number of sprinkles on each brownie?
Select TWO correct answers.
A. A number line showing jumps of 5 up to 45
B. A model showing 45 dots arranged into 5 equal groups
C. An array with 5 rows and 9 in each row
D. A multiplication model showing 45 × 5
B & C
A summer camp is organizing campers into 9 cabins. Each cabin will have the same number of campers. There are 27 boys and 18 girls attending camp.
How many campers will be in each cabin?
5 campers in each cabin
Ethan went to the movies and spent $12 on a ticket. He paid with $25.
After the movie, he bought popcorn for $6.
Which number sentence could be used to find how much money Ethan had after buying the popcorn?
A. 25 − 12 + 6 = ___
B. 25 − 12 − 6 = ___
C. 12 − 6 = ___
D. 25 + 12 + 6 = ___
B
A school store is stocking its shelves. The table shows the amount of each item in the shipment.
Item Number of Items
Pencils 375
Notebooks 642
Erasers 509
Folders 788
How many more folders are there than erasers?
279
A gardener plants 6 rows of flowers. Each row has 5 flowers.
He wants to double his garden for summer.
Complete the equation to show the total number of flowers he wants.
6×5=______×2=___
6x5=30 x 2=60
The gardener wants 60 flowers.
The robotics club is dividing students into 5 teams. Each team will have the same number of students. There are 22 boys and 13 girls in the club.
How many students will be on each team?
7 students on each team
Sofia bought a book for $9. She paid with $20 she had saved.
That afternoon, she bought a drink for $3.
Which number sentence could be used to find how much money Sofia had after buying the drink?
A. 20 − 9 − 3 = ___
B. 20 + 9 − 3 = ___
C. 20 − 9 + 3 = ___
D. 9 − 3 = ___
A
There are 36 pencils in a supply box.
One-third of the pencils are mechanical.
The mechanical pencils are divided equally between Bin A and Bin B.
Which set of equations can be used to find how many mechanical pencils go in each bin?
A. 36 ÷ 3 = 12
12 × 2 = 24
B. 36 × 3 = 108
108 ÷ 2 = 54
C. 36 ÷ 3 = 12
12 ÷ 2 = 6
D. 36 × 3 = 108
108 × 2 = 216
C
A coach arranged players into rows for team pictures.
In each row, there were 4 boys and 2 girls.
She made 6 rows of players.
How many players were in the pictures?
36 players were in the pictures
Layla collected marbles from two friends.
She got 120 marbles from one friend.
She got 95 marbles from another friend.
Layla kept 82 marbles for herself and gave away the rest.
How many marbles did Layla give away?
Layla gave away 133 marbles.
There are 40 books on a classroom shelf.
Half of the books are fiction.
The fiction books are placed equally on Shelf 1 and Shelf 2.
Which set of equations can be used to find how many fiction books go on each shelf?
A. 40 ÷ 2 = 20
20 ÷ 2 = 10
B. 40 × 2 = 80
80 ÷ 2 = 40
C. 40 ÷ 2 = 20
20 × 2 = 40
D. 40 ÷ 2 = 20
20 ÷ 4 = 5
A
A teacher has 96 markers and sorts them into containers that hold 8 markers each.
How many containers does she need?
She needs 12 containers.
Noah picked apples at two orchards.
He picked 240 apples at the first orchard.
He picked 160 apples at the second orchard.
Noah kept 104 apples and donated the rest.
How many apples did Noah donate?
Noah donated 296 apples.