One Step and Two Step Word Problems

Eli had 8 buckets. In each bucket he had 8 water balloons. He tossed 12 balloons at Sean and 15 balloons at Harold and they broke. How many balloons does Eli have left?

• 48 balloons

• 28 balloons

• 37 balloons

• 51 balloons

Jayla swam 15 laps in the pool. Julia swam 2 times more laps than Jayla. How many laps did Julia swim?

• 20 laps

• 35 laps

• 30 laps

• 10 laps

Jazzlyn and Yarismar each had 7 jars of fireflies. Each jar had 6 fireflies in it. How many firefies did they have in all?

• 98 fireflies

• 49 fireflies

• 42 fireflies

• 84 fireflies

Morgan and Em went shopping for Mother's Day. They each bought their mom a bouquet of flowers for $22.56. Morgan gave the store clerk $50.00 to pay for their bill. How much change did she get back?

• $5.56

• $6.49

• $4.88

• $8.68

David had 56 action figures. He gave 8 to Wilkin. The rest he split equally into 6 boxes. How many action figures went in each box?

• 7 action figures

• 8 action figures

• 42 action figures

• 24 action figures

Aubree and Nathaly went to the park at 10:00 AM. They stayed at the park for 4 hours. What time did they leave the park?

• 2:00PM

• 2:00AM

• 1:00PM

• 1:00AM

Johnathan and Christian each had 9 bags toys to give away. There were 7 toys in each bag. How many toys were the boys giving away in all?

• 124 toys

• 32 toys

• 108 toys

• 126 toys

Blaine bought 5 shirts. Each shirt costs $4. Blaine also bought 3 hats. Each hat costs $3. How much money did Blaine spend altogether?

• $29

• $8

• $9

• $20

Rebecca ate 3 strawberries for breakfast. Each strawberry is 10 calories. Rebecca also ate 2 pancakes. Each pancake is 50 calories. How many calories did Rebecca eat altogether for breakfast?

• 100 calories

• 130 calories

• 30 calories

• 60 calories

Steve has 42 chicken nuggets. He gives some to his son! How many could they each have now?

• Steve has 41 and his son has 2

• Steve has 25 and his son has 17

• Steve has 19 and his son has 23

• Steve has 42 and his son has 42