One and Two Step Word Problems

There are 84 students in the band and 37 are boys. Which number sentence tells how many are girls?

• 84 + 37 = ?

• 84 - 37 = ?

• 121 + ? = 84

• 121 - ? = 37

Norman collects motorcycle toys. He had 874 motorcycle toys. He lost 561 of them. Later, he found 363 of them. How many motorcycle toys does Norman now have?

• 1,072

• 676

• 678

Melissa works at a candy store. She sold 356 Snickers bars and 423 Kit-Kats to a customer. Then, she sold 179 Hershey’s bars. How many total pieces of candy did Melissa sell in all?

• 958 pieces of candy

• 600 pieces of candy

• 246 pieces of candy

There were 43 second grade students on the playground. 21 went inside with their teacher. How many students were left on the playground?

• 21 students

• 22 students

• 44 students

• 42 students

Reyna started with $287 in her bank account. She deposited $120 into her account last week. She deposited another $163 this week.  What is the total amount Reyna now has in her bank account?

• $330

• $570

• $244

• 890

I have 17 blue toy cars and 8 red toy cars. How many more blue toy cars than red toy cars do I have?

• 25

• 9

• 97

I have 32 stickers and my sister gave me 27 more. How many stickers do I have now?

• 97

• 15

• 59

Tom had 114 baseball cards. He kept 10 and shared the rest evenly among his 8 friends. How many baseball cards did each friend get?

• 15

• 13

• 18

• 12

There are 53 regular pencils and some colored pencils in the bin. There are a total of 91 pencils in the bin. How many colored pencils are in the bin?

• 124

• 37

• 144

• 38

Wendy was playing a video game and had 43 lives. In a hard part of the game, she lost 8 lives. If she got 39 more lives in the next level, how many
lives would she have?

• 74

• 73

• 90

• 12