Solving Two-Step Word Problems

Principal Flinders bought books for $54 and paint for $28. She paid with a $100 bill. How much change should she receive?

• $18

• $82

• $182

• $100

Gage read 230 pages of his book. Berkeley read 54 fewer pages than Gage. How many pages did the boys read altogether?

• 284 pages

• 406 pages

• 176 pages

• 186 pages

Tycee has a box of 300 pencils. She sharpens 54 of the pencils and gives them to Mrs. Vallejo. Then, she sharpens 139 pencils for Mrs. Benoit. How many pencils are remaining?

• 107 pencils

• 493 pencils

• 354 pencils

• 439 pencils

Mrs. Blazzard has 29 students in her classroom. Mr. Taylor has 34 students in his class. If five students are absent, how many students are at school in both classrooms?

• 58 students

• 63 students

• 580 students

• 43 students

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

Jane has 40 pencils. Blake has 21 pencils but yesterday he found 2 more! Blake also has 2 erasers. How many more pencils does Jane have than Blake now?

• 17

• 21

• 23

• 15

Sierra has some scrunchies. Lilly also has some scrunchies. Altogether they have 129 scrunchies. Which of the following is possible for how many scrunchies they each have? Select all that apply.

• Sierra has 67 and Lilly has 62

• Sierra has 41 and Lilly has 87

• Sierra has 13 and Lilly has 117

• Sierra has 21 and Lilly has 108

Eric has 48 carrots in his garden. Amanda has half that. If Amanda can sell each of her carrots for $3, how much money can she make?

• $24

• $72

• $144

• $216

Jim's band has 8 drums and 8 guitars. Mark's band has a dozen instruments. How many more instruments does Jim's band have than Mark's band?

• 2

• 6

• 8

• 4