Multi-Step Word Problems
Sarah is reading a book that has a total of 232 pages. She read 42 pages over the weekend. Then, she read 30 more pages on Monday. How many pages does Sarah have left to read?
160 pages
Estimate the sum.
3,789 + 6,857=
10,646
3,219 people attended a championship football game last year. 1,088 people attended the game this year. How many more people attended the game last year than this year?
2,131
6,439+3,278=
9,717
6,090-5,130=
960
Mark and Anthony are on a trip across the country. To make it to their destination, they must travel 2,580 miles. On their first day of traveling, they drove 450 miles. On the second day of traveling, they drove 842 miles. How many more miles does Mark and Anthony need to drive to reach their destination?
1,088 miles
Estimate the difference.
987-233=
800
Two chefs need to make 2,500 food samples for the opening day of their restaurant. Chef Andy makes 1,346 samples. How many samples would Chef Steve need to make?
1,154 samples
1,096+8,765=
9,861
7,502-4,380=
3,122
Mrs. Smith bought two boxes of pencils for her classroom. The first box had 250 pencils. The second box has 450 pencils. Mrs. Smith then gave 150 pencils to Mrs. Barbra. How many pencils does Mrs. Smith have total?
550 pencils
Estimate the sum.
4,293 + 8,299 =
12,592
It takes 2,226 steps to reach the top of the World Trade Center. A visitor enters the building and climbs 1,387 steps, then takes a break. How many more steps does the visitor need to climb to reach the top?
839 steps
2,238+4,697=
6,935
10,470-7,281=
3,189
Ben and Luke both went to the movies with $10.00 Both boys spent $5 on a movie ticket. Then,Ben bought a box of candy for $3.25 and Luke bought a box of popcorn for $2.25 How much more money does Luke have than Ben?
$1.00
Estimate the difference.
398-322=
100
A library has 1,932 poetry books, 5,047 non-fiction books, 2,859 fiction books, and 491 graphic novels. How many books does the library have total?
10,329 books
4,341+7,899=
12,240
8,400-5,603=
2,797
Jessica has 4, 331 songs in her music library. On Monday she adds 339 songs. On Tuesday, she adds 240 songs. On Wednesday she deletes 206 songs. How many songs does Jessica have now?
4,704 songs
Round to the nearest thousands place. Estimate the sum.
6,722 + +8,339=
15,061
A teacher wants to buy a 3-D printer. The printer cost $3,495. He makes 2 payments of $1,200. How much does the teacher have left to pay?
$1,095
6,890+3,579=
10,469
Find the difference. Check your answer.
5,472 - 1,455=
4,017