Solve 2-Step Word Problems

Brent gave 24 gumballs to 4 friends. Each friend got the same amount of gumballs. How many gumballs did each friend get?

• 24

• 4

• 20

• 6

Mrs. D made cookies for a party. She baked 240 cookies. Mrs. Green baked 360 brownies. How many cookies and brownies did they have for the party? 

• 500 cookies and brownies

• 600 cookies and brownies

• 590 cookies and brownies

• 510 cookies and brownies

Olivier has 30 marshmallows. He wants to put an equal number of marshmallows into 6 cups of hot cocoa. How many marshmallows will go in each cup?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

What two operations would you use to solve this word problem? Randy bought 15 new pencils for $2.00 each and 10 packs of new crayons for $1.00 each. What was the total amount her spent?

• divide and subtract

• multiply and add

• multiply and divide

• add and divide

What 2 operations would you use to solve this word problem? 240 puppies are for sale at the Mega pet store. The puppies were shared equally between 8 smaller shops. One of those shops sold all their puppies for $300 each. How much did the puppy shop make?

• divide and multiply

• divide and add

• multiply and subtract

• add and multiply

The Harbor family went to the movies. When everyone was ready for a snack, Mom bought 4 drinks for $3.25 each and 4 popcorns for $2.00 each. What was the total amount Mom spent?

• $21.00

• $43.00

• $5.00

• $11.00

Jamison's mom spent $100 each for new clothes for her family of 5. If she spent $167 at the first store, how much did she have left to spend at the next store?

• $222.00

• $187.00

• $333.00

• $9.00

There were 250 monkeys placed in one part of the zoo, during the day. There were 100 more monkeys that were placed in another part of the zoo. When all the monkey were put inside, at the end of the day, they were evenly split up between 7 cages. How any monkeys were in each cage?

• 50 monkeys

• 75 monkeys

• 350 monkeys

• 18 monkeys

Isabella had 48 books in her room. She split them up equally into 8 piles. She then sold one of those piles for $4.83 for each book. How much money did she make?

• $75.00

• $18.33

• $28.98

• $6.00

Alisha kept track of the growth of a plant. At the beginning of one week, her plant was 1 7/8 inches tall. The next week, the plant was 2 3/4 inches tall. How many inches did Alisha’s plant grow over the week?

• 1/2

• 7/8

• 1 1/2

• 4 5/8