Multi-Step Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

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?

• 40 bags of treats

• 9 bags of treats

• 5 bags of treats

• 50 bags of treats

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?

• 18 Pokemon cards
• 54 Pokemon Cards
• 7 Pokemon Cards
• 9 Pokemon Cards

Serenity made 6 necklaces. Each necklace had 8 charms on it. She gave away 3 necklaces, how many charms does she have left?

• 24 charms
• 45 charms
• 11 charms
• 17 charms

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?

• (49 ÷ 7) - 14
• (49 ÷ 7) - 2
• (49 - 7) ÷ 2
• (49 ÷ 7) ÷ 2

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?

• (52 - 44) - 8
• (52 + 44) ÷ 2
• (52 - 44) + 2
• (52 - 44) ÷ 2

Marcus had a collection of Batman books. He had 12 books in his collection. He was given some more Batman books, which increased his collection 3 times. Sadly, Marcus lost 5 of the books on a trip. Which expression will help solve for how many books Marcus has left?

• (12 + 3) - 5
• (12 x 3) - 5
• (12 - 3) - 5
• (12 x 5) - 3

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?

• (4 + 12) - 11
• (4 x 12) + 11
• (4 x 12) - 11
• (4 x 12) ÷ 11

Sierra had $34 in her bank account. She worked and put in another $54 in her account. She then purchased 8 scarves that all cost the same amount with her money. Which expression shows how much money each scarf cost?

• (34 + 54) - 8
• (34 + 54) + 8
• (34 + 54) ÷ 8
• (34 + 54) x 8

Food Lion ordered 11 loads of water. Each load had 10 waters in it. If Food Lion sold 47 waters, how many waters would they have left?

• 68 Waters
• 110 Waters
• 63 Waters
• 73 Waters

A parent donated 8 packs of crayons to the third grade. One pack of crayons is shown above. There are 4 third grade classes. The teachers want to know how many glue sticks each class will get if they split the glue sticks evenly.

Which equation can be solved to find the number of glue sticks for each class?

• 8+8÷4=n

• 8÷8×4=n

• 8×8÷4=n

• 8×8+4=n