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Two Step Word Problems
30 Questions
1.
DATE :
Julianna has 48 bags of treats. She is going to give 3 bags to her teacher. She will then give
the rest out equally to her 5 friends. How many bags of treats will each friend receive?
A
50 bags of treats
B
40 bags of treats
C
5 bags of treats
D
9 bags of treats
2.
Timmy has four 12 packs of soda. He and his brother are each going to drink 4 sodas. How
many sodas will be left over?
A
52 sodas
B
8 sodas
C
44 sodas
D
40 sodas
3.
Angela had 18 Pokemon cards. Her brother gave her 45 more Pokemon cards. She then
divided her cards into 9 equal groups. How many Pokemon cards are in each group?
A
54 Pokemon Cards
B
7 Pokemon Cards
C
9 Pokemon Cards
D
18 Pokemon cards
4.
Serenity made 6 necklaces. Each necklace had 8 charms on it. She gave away 3 necklaces,
how many charms does she have left?
A
11 charms
B
17 charms
C
24 charms
D
45 charms
5.
Yovanni received $52 for his birthday. He spent $44 on a new video game.
He then earned shared that money equally with his brother. Which expression shows how
to solve this problem?
A
(52 - 44) - 8
B
(52 + 44) ÷ 2
C
(52 - 44) + 2
D
(52 - 44) ÷ 2
6.
Unique had 49 head bands. She split them into 7 equal groups. She gave her sister 2 of the
groups for a present. Which expression below will help you solve how many head bands
Unique has left?
A
(49 ÷ 7) ÷ 2
B
(49 - 7) ÷ 2
C
(49 ÷ 7) - 14
D
(49 ÷ 7) - 2
7.
Each student in Ms. Diggs's class received 4 free books. There are 12 students in her class.
11 of the books were non-fiction. Which expression shows you how to figure out how many
fiction books were in the class?
A
(4 x 12) + 11
B
(4 x 12) ÷ 11
C
(4 + 12) - 11
D
(4 x 12) - 11
8.
Allison is reading a book with 99 pages. She read 37 pages on Monday. Then she read 42
pages on Tuesday. How many pages does she still have to read?
A
20
B
79
C
178
D
62
9.
867 books were in the school library. 322 books were checked out in the morning. Then 131
more books were check out in the afternoon. How many books are still in the library?
A
736
B
453
C
545
D
414
10.
Debbie started reading a book with 117 pages. She read 18 pages of the book on Monday
and 31 pages on Tuesday. How many pages does she have left to read?
A
166
C
68
11.
B
49
Sue, Kim and David went to the movies. Sue bought 5 movie tickets for $4 each. She paid
with a $50, how much change will she get back?
A
10
B
30
C
25
D
20
12.
Mrs. Thomas ordered 500 books for the library. She put 298 of the books on the red
bookshelves. Then, she put 39 books on the green bookshelves. How many books are not
on a bookshelf?
A
163 books
B
837 books
C
202 books
D
461 books
13.
There are 103 third graders, 293 fourth graders, and 129 fifth graders on the field trip. How
many students are on the field trip in all?
A
525 students
B
422 students
C
500 students
D
396 students
14.
Principal Flinders bought books for $54 and paint for $28. She paid with a $100 bill. How
much change should she receive?
A
$182
B
$82
C
$18
D
$100
15.
Gage read 230 pages of his book. Berkeley read 54 fewer pages than Gage. How many
pages did the boys read altogether?
A
176 pages
B
406 pages
C
186 pages
D
284 pages
16.
Mrs. Blazzard has 29 students in her classroom. Mr. Taylor has 34 students in his class. If
five students are absent, how many students are at school in both classrooms?
A
580 students
B
58 students
C
63 students
D
43 students
17.
The pencil machine had 39 pencils in it. The school secretary added 50 pencils to the
machine. Then students bought 10 pencils. How many pencils are in the machine now?
A
89
B
79
C
70
D
120
18.
The school bus can seat 64 students.
22 students got on the bus. Then 23 more
students got on the bus. How many empty seats are on the bus?
A
109
B
21
C
11
D
19
19.
Sandy baked a dozen cookies. She gave five cookies to the neighbor and ate three cookies.
How many cookies are left?
***HINT: One dozen = 12
A
9
B
15
C
12
D
4
20.
Suki had 37 grapes. She gave 8 grapes to her sister. Then she have 4 grapes to her best
friend. How many grapes does Suki have left?
A
30
B
49
C
25
D
29
21.
Joshua has 612 baseball cards. He gave 419 cards to his brother and then bought 232 new
cards. How many cards does Joshua have now?
A
799
B
425
C
325
D
193
22.
Wanda bought three boxes of cookies. Two boxes had 10 cookies. The third box had 8
cookies. Which equation shows the total number of cookies, c, Wanda bought?
A
2 × 10 × 8 = c
B
2 + 10 + 8 = c
C
2 + 10 × 8 = c
D
2 × 10 + 8 = c
23.
James has 7 bags of 6 goldfish and one bag of 10 minnows. Which equation would show the
total number of fish James has?
A
7 x 6 x 10 = f
B
7 x 6 + 10 = f
C
7 + 4 + 10 = f
D
7 x 6 - 10 = f
24.
Donny went to the store and bought 9 shirts for $7 each. He also bought 5 hats for $9 each.
How much money did Donny spend on shirts and hats?
A
$45
B
$63
C
$108
D
$30
25.
There were 12 cupcakes. 12 more cupcakes were made. How many are there now?
A
20
B
24
C
144
D
12
26.
Ally had 20 jellybeans. She gave away 15 of them. How many does she have left now?
A
10
B
5
C
20
D
15
27.
There were 16 kittens. 12 of the kittens fell asleep. How many did not fall asleep?
A
6
B
12
C
4
D
16
28.
I have 9 quarters. I gave away 5 quarters. How much money do I have?
A
$1.75
B
$2.00
C
$1.25
D
$1.00
29.
There were 25 skittles and 15 jolly ranchers. How many pieces of candy were there
altogether?
A
35
B
10
C
40
D
30
30.
Grace had 26 pencils. Jake had 6. How many more pencils did Grace have?
A
32
B
20
C
22
D
18