1 And 2 Step Word Problems All Operations

Vivian had 17 pencils. David had 32 pencils. How many more pencils does David have than Vivian?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Vanessa walks to and from school 5 days a week. Each way is 2 miles. How many miles does she walk in all for the whole week?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

In the following word problem, what is the operation needed to solve the first step? Annabel was running in the Fun Run to raise money for her school. Her parents donated $8 per lap. Her grandparents donated $4 per lap. She ran 12 laps. How much money did she raise during the Fun Run?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

What operation will you use to solve step two?

Five friends went to dinner at Old Chicago. Each person’s meal was $8. They paid with $55. The amount they got back after they paid was the amount they tipped their waitress. How much did they tip her?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

A business that rents cars is open for 8 hours on Monday. On Monday morning the business had 45 cars. The business rented 3 cars to customers during each of the first 5 hours. The business rented 2 cars to customers during each of the next 3 hours. The total number of cars that were brought back to the business by customers on Monday was 17. In which equation does c represent the number of cars the business had at the end of the day on Monday?

• c = 45−(5+3)−(3+2)+17

• c = 45−(5×3)−(3×2)−17

• c = 45−(5+3)−(3+2)−17

• c = 45−(5×3)−(3×2)+17

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Liam bought 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get? 

• 24

• 4

• 17

• 5

Which operations you use to solve-Garcia Elementary collected cans for a week to donate to the food bank. If 5th grade collected 18 cans every day for 5 days and 4th grade collected 10 cans for 3 days and 11 cans for 2 days, how many more cans did 5th grade collect?

• add, subtract then divide

• multiply, add, then subtract

• divide, multiply then add

• multiply, subtract then multiply again

A coach buys 4 cans of yellow tennis balls and 3 cans of green tennis balls.

Each can of tennis balls costs $6.

What is the total cost, in dollars, of the cans of tennis balls the coach buys?

• $13

• $22

• $42

• $48

Mrs. Nunez had 182 paper clips in a container on her desk. She ordered another 19 boxes, each box had 48 paper clips in it. How many paper clips does she have now.

• 912

• 3,458

• 1,094

• 8,736

Marco has 12 whistles. He puts all of the whistles into bags. He puts 4 whistles into eachbag. Which equation can be used to find b, the number of bags Marco puts whistles into?

• b + 4 = 12

• b - 12 = 4

• b x 4 = 12

• b ÷ 12 = 4