Two Step Word Problems

Solve this 2 step word problem. Mrs. Bingham loves watching the monkeys at the zoo. There were 37 monkeys swinging on the vines and 26 monkeys sitting still. The rest of the monkeys were taking a nap. If there are 100 monkeys in all, how many of the monkeys were taking a nap?

Holden had 3 packs of baseball cards with 6 cards in each pack. He gives his friend Clay 4 cards. Which shows one way to find the number of cards Holden has left?

• multiply 2 by 3 and then subtract 6

• multiply 3 by 6 and then subtract 4

• multiply 3 by 6 and then add 4

• multiply 2 by 3 and then add 6

The list shows the number of trees Isaiah planted in three years. He planted 521 trees in the first year. He planted 387 trees in the second year. He planted 438 trees in the third year. Isaiah wants to plant a total of 2,000 trees. How many more trees does Isaiah need to plant?

• 654

• 1,346

• 874

• 764

Melvin has twice as many pencils as Sam. Zachary has four times as many pencils as Sam. If Sam has 3 pencils, how many pencils do the three boys have in all?

• 12

• 6

• 21

• 24

Paul bought 3 boxes of chocolate candy and 4 boxes of caramel candy. If each box has 6 pieces inside it, how much candy did he have total?

• 42 pieces

• 10 pieces

• 13 pieces

• 1 piece

Paul has 176 baseball cards in his collection. He gives 12 of them to his friend, and then buys 30 more. How many baseball cards does Paul have now?

• a. 164

• b. 174

• c. 184

• d. 194

Mrs. W's and Miss Wendy's classes got together for an ice cream party. There were 32 students in Mrs. W's class and 28 students in Miss Wendy's class. If each student got 2 scoops of ice cream ,and each teacher got 3 scoops of ice cream, how many scoops of ice cream were served at the party?

• a. 120

• b. 123

• c. 126

• d. 129

Sue, Kim and David went to the movies. Sue bought 5 movie tickets for $4 each. She paid with a $50, how much change will she get back?

• 25

• 20

• 30

• 10

Kaylee is making necklaces for her 6 friends. She needs 20 beads to make one necklace. She has collected 85 beads, 6 strings, and 10 clasps so far. How many more beads does Kaylee need to make all 6 necklaces? What two operations (+, -, x) did you use?

• 45 more beads; x/+

• 35 more beads; ÷/+

• 45 more beads; x/-

• 35 more beads; x/-

What 2 opperations do you use to solve this word problem?

23 puppies are for sale at the pet store. 14 puppies are black and 6 puppies are brown. The rest of the puppies have spots. How many puppies have spots? (3)

• add and divide

• add and subtract

• multiply and divide

• divide and multiply