Two Step Word Problems 1
Arif saves $4 each week. After 6 weeks, he spends all the money he saved on 3 items. Each item costs the same amount. How much does each item cost?
$8
In a basketball game, Morgan made 9 shots, each worth 2 points. Jim scored the same number of points in the game. Jim's shots were worth 3 points each. How many shots did Jim make?
6 shots
A fourth-grade math class has 45 students. The math teacher divides them into 5 groups. She then divides each group into 3 teams. How many students are on each team?
3 students
Tom runs the same distance around a track each day, 6 days a week. He runs a total of 18 miles each week. If it takes 4 laps of the track to equal a mile, how many laps does Tom run each day?
12 miles
Six pounds of pecans are shared equally between 2 friends. Each pound has 60 pecans. How many pecans does each friend get?
180 pecans
Mia saves an equal amount of money each week for 6 weeks. Heather saved $3 a week for 8 weeks. Mia and Heather saved the same total amount. What equation could you use to find out how much Mia saved each week?
s=24÷6
OR
24÷6=s
Jimmy wants to buy 4 movies that cost $20 each. He can save $8 a week. How many weeks will it take him to save enough money to buy the movies?
10 weeks.
Derek saves $2 each month. After 6 months, he spends all the money he saved on 3 items. Each item costs the same amount. How much money does each item cost?
$4
A store can buy boxes of 8 calculators each for $32 or boxes of 5 calculators each for $30. How much less is each calculator if the store buys boxes of 8 calculators each instead of boxes of 5 calculators each?
$2
A box of golf balls costs $6. How much would if cost to buy 40 golf balls?
6x40=240
Linda bought 8 packages containing 5 necklaces in each. She plans to decorate the necklaces and then sell them for $2 each. How much money will she get if she sells all the necklaces?
$80
Joseph earns $6 a day walking dogs. He spends all the money he earned in 6 days on 4 items. Each item costs the same amount. How much does each item cost?
$9