Solve 2-Step Word Problems

Solve this 2 step word problem. Devarius's mom spent $100 for new school clothes for the family. Devarius's new outfit cost $35. His sister's clothes cost $40. The rest of the money was spent on their brother Nasir. How much money did Nasir's clothes cost?

Solve this 2 step word problem. Three teachers handed out math and science textbooks for their classes. Two teachers had 21 students each, and the last teacher had 22. How many textbooks were handed out altogether?

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?

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

Which two operations are needed to solve the problem? The swim team and the diving team sell popcorn to raise money for their team swimsuits. They sold 12 bags of regular popcorn for $6 each and sold 10 bags of caramel corn for $8 each. How much money did they earn?

• Step 1: Addition

  Step 2: Subtraction

• Step 1: Multiplication

  Step 2: Addition

• Step 1: Addition

  Step 2: Addition

Mrs. Daisy made cookies for a party. She baked 240 cookies. At the other place, Mrs. Green baked 80 more brownies than Mrs. Daisy. How many cookies and brownies did they have altogether for the party?

• 600 cookies and brownies

• 590 cookies and brownies

• 560 cookies and brownies

• 510 cookies and brownies

A store sold 400 backpacks in August and 3 times as much backpacks as in September. What is the DIFFERENCE between the number of backpacks sold during these two months?

• 1600 backpacks

• 1200 backpacks

• 800 backpacks

• 400 backpacks

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

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

In the following word problem, what is the operation needed to solve the first step?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

Vanessa has a ribbon that is 36 cm long. She cut 6 cm of the ribbon for a gift and divide the REMAINING into 5 equal parts. What will be the length of each part?

• 5 cm

• 6 cm

• 7 inches

• 9 inches