Two-Step

Multiplication
Word Problems
Addition/Subtraction with Multiplication

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Directions: Read each word problem carefully. Solve each problem .
1. Lilly paid for 3 boxes of chocolates and her
friend Sarah bought double the amount Lilly
purchased. If each box of chocolates cost
$3.00, how much money combined did the
girls spend?
3. Three students brought an eight pack of
chocolate cupcakes. Their teacher came with
two half a dozen vanilla cupcakes for their
Valentines celebration. How many fewer
vanilla were there than chocolate cupcakes?
5. Jordan’s mom had 10 packets of Valentine
M&M’s to make snacks. She made 3 batches
of snack mix and used 2 packets per batch.
She used the rest to make cookies. How
many packets of M&M’s were used to bake
the cookies?
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2. Ms. Trey’s class has 8 boys and 9 girls.
Every boy took three treats for the
Valentines party, each of the girls brought
two treats for the whole class. Combined,
how many total treats were brought by the
entire class?
4. To decorate the class, Ms. Lara purchased 4
bouquets of pink balloons with 6 balloons per
set. She also bought 3 bouquets with 3 purple
balloons in each bunch. How many more pink
balloons are there compared to purple balloons?
6. Kailee’s Flower Shop created 8 total floral
arrangements. Five of those arrangements
were made with half a dozen red roses. The
remaining arrangements were each made with
bundles of 9 pink tulips. How many tulips
were used in all the arrangements?
 Name:
Directions: Read each word problem carefully. Solve each problem .
1. Lilly paid for 3 boxes of chocolates and her
friend Sarah bought double the amount Lilly
purchased. If each box of chocolates cost
$3.00, how much money combined did the
girls spend?
Combined, both girls spent $________.
3. Three students brought an eight pack of
chocolate cupcakes. Their teacher came with
two half a dozen vanilla cupcakes for their
Valentines celebration. How many fewer
vanilla were there than chocolate cupcakes?
There were ________fewer vanilla cupcakes
than chocolate cupcakes.
5. Jordan’s mom had 10 packets of Valentine
M&M’s to make snacks. She made 3 batches
of snack mix and used 2 packets per batch.
She used the rest to make cookies. How
many packets of M&M’s were used to bake
the cookies?
_______ packets of M&M’s were
used to bake the cookies.
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2. Ms. Trey’s class has 8 boys and 9 girls.
Every boy took three treats for the
Valentines party, each of the girls brought
two treats for the whole class. Combined,
how many total treats were brought by the
entire class?
_________total treats were brought by the
entire class.
4. To decorate the class, Ms. Lara purchased 4
bouquets of pink balloons with 6 balloons per
set. She also bought 3 bouquets with 3
purple balloons in each bunch. How many
more pink balloons are there compared to
purple balloons?
There were ________ more pink balloons
than purple balloons.
6. Kailee’s Flower Shop created 8 total floral
arrangements. Five of those arrangements
were made with half a dozen red roses. The
remaining arrangements were each made with
bundles of 9 pink tulips. How many tulips
were used in all the arrangements?
________tulips were used in to make
the arrangements.
 Answer Key
1. Lilly bought 3 boxes of chocolates and her
friend Sarah bought double the amount Lilly
purchased. If each box of chocolates cost
$3.00, how much money combined did the
girls spend?
Combined, both girls spent $27.00.
3. Three students brought an eight pack of
chocolate cupcakes. Their teacher came with
two half a dozen vanilla cupcakes for their
Valentines celebration. How many fewer
vanilla were there than chocolate cupcakes?
There were 12 fewer vanilla cupcakes than
chocolate cupcakes.
5. Jordan’s mom had 10 packets of Valentine
M&M’s to make snacks. She made 3 batches
of snack mix and used 2 packets per batch.
She used the rest to make cookies. How
many packets of M&M’s were used to bake
the cookies?
4 packets of M&M’s were used to
bake the cookies.
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2. Ms. Trey’s class has 8 boys and 9 girls.
Every boy took three treats for the
Valentines party, each of the girls brought
two treats for the whole class. Combined,
how many total treats were brought by the
entire class?
42 total treats were brought by the entire
class.
4. To decorate the class, Ms. Lara purchased 4
bouquets of pink balloons with 6 balloons per
bunch. She also bought 3 bouquets with 3
purple balloons in each bunch. How many
more pink balloons are there compared to
purple balloons?
There were 15 more pink balloons than purple
balloons.
6. Kailee’s Flower Shop created 8 total floral
arrangements. Five of those arrangements
were made with half a dozen red roses. The
remaining arrangements were each made with
bundles of 9 pink tulips. How many tulips
were used in all the arrangements?
27 tulips were used in to make the
arrangements.