3.OA.8: 2-step Word Problem

For Halloween Debby and her sister combined the candy they received. Debby had thirty-two pieces of candy while her sister had forty-two. If they ate thirty-five pieces the first night, how many pieces do they have left?

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Luke was trying to expand his game collection. He bought two games from a friend and bought two more at a garage sale. If two of the games didn't work, how many good games did he end up with?

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Carol and her mom were picking carrots from their garden. Carol picked twenty-nine and her mother picked sixteen. If only thirty-eight of the carrots were good, how many bad carrots did they have?

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While on vacation, Megan took fifteen pictures at the zoo and eighteen at the museum. If she later deleted thirty-one of the pictures, how many pictures from her vacation did she still have?

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Ned had to wash nine short sleeve shirts and twenty-one long sleeve shirts before school. If he had only washed twenty-nine of them by the time school started, how many did he not wash?

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Amy had twenty-six music files and thirty-six video files on her flash drive. If she deleted forty-eight of the files, how many files were still on her flash drive?

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Emily was playing a trivia game. In the first round she scored sixteen points and in the second round she scored thirty-three points. In the last round she lost forty-eight points. How many points did she have at the end of the game?

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While on vacation, Rachel took six pictures at the zoo and nine at the museum. If she later deleted eleven of the pictures, how many pictures from her vacation did she still have?

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