Two-Step Math Word Problems
Subtraction and Addition
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(1) On Halloween, Abigail collected 82
pieces of candy. Shd didn't like 54
pieces, so she gave them to her
sister. Her sister then gave her 69
pieces of the kind she did like. How
many pieces of candy did Abigail
have now?
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(3) There were 50 pencils in the box at
the start of class. Students borrowed
21 of them, but at the end of class
only 15 pencils were put back. How
many pencils were in the box when
class ended?
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(2) Joshua had 131 comic books in his
collection. He sold 49 of them back to
the comic book store. Then he used
that money to buy 24 new comic
books. How many does he have
now?
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(4) Ryan had 111 stickers. He gave 44 to
his friends, then bought a new pack
that contained 51 stickers. How many
stickers does he have now?
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 Two-Step Math Word Problems
Subtraction and Multiplcation
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(1) Steven invited 34 of his friends to his
birthday party, but 6 said that they
couldn't come. He's going to have 5
party favors for each one who comes.
How many party favors does he need
to buy?
(2) The teacher had 37 quizzes to grade.
There are 8 problems on each quiz. If
she is already done grading 22 of the
quizzes, how many problems does
she have left to check?

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(3) At dinner, the waiter served 77
customers. 19 of them did not leave
him a tip, but the ones that did left
him 3 dollars. How much in tips did
he collect?
(4) This weekend, Mark had 15
customers for his lawn mowing
service. Each customer will pay 25
dollars. On Saturday, he completed 6
of them. How much will Mark earn on
Sunday if he finishes all of the lawns?

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 Two-Step Math Word Problems
Addition and Subtraction
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(1) For the bake sale, Rachel baked 113
cupcakes and 79 cookies. When the
sale was over, only 48 of hers
remained. How many baked items did
she sell?
(2) Paul's homework for today is 29 math
problems and 10 word problems. He
finished 23 of the problems while still
in school. How many problems does
he have left to finish tonight?

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(3) Molly received two coloring books for
her birthday. One had 64 pictures,
while the other had 55. After a week,
she had finished coloring 36 of them.
How many pictures remained to be
colored?
(4) 24 desktop computers and 22 laptops
were in the repair shop. Today,
Alyssa fixed 9 of them. How many
computers were left to be repaired

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 Two-Step Math Word Problems
Addition and Division
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(1) The old washing machine can only (2)
wash 7 pieces of clothing at a time.
Evan has 23 shirts and 12 pairs of
pants to wash. How many loads will
he need to run in the old washer?
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(3) The car dealership had 38 cars on (4)
the lot on Monday. A car carrier
arrived and dropped off 16 more.
They expect to sell 6 cars every day.
In how many days will all the cars be
sold?
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Jason is mounting pictures of his
family on white display boards. 7
pictures can fit on each board. He
picked 15 very old pictures and 20
recent pictures. How many boards
can he fill up with pictures?
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The teachers brought grades 5 and 6
together for games. They divided
everyone into teams of 4. Grade 5
has 29 students, and grade 6 has 31.
How many teams did they make?
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 Two-Step Math Word Problems
Addition and Multiplication
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(1) Travis moved his friends' 9 cars from (2)
his house to a narby parking lot. It
took him 5 minutes to drive each car
to the lot, then 10 more minutes to
walk back home. How long did it take
him to move all of the cars?
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(3) For the play, Erin arranged the seats (4)
into two rows. The first row has 11
seats, and the second row has 14.
She sold all the tickets for 9 dollars
each. How much did she get from the
tickets sales?
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Andrea has 24 math problems and 5
word problems to do for homework.
She needs 3 minutes to do each one.
How long will it take Andrea to finish
her homework?
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Jeremy is cooking burgers at Top
Burger. On Friday he worked 7 hours,
and on Saturday he worked 8 hours.
He gets paid 9 dollars per hour. How
much did he make on those two
days?
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 Two-Step Math Word Problems
Subtraction and Division
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(1) Kevin bought a big sack of 77 apples. (2)
His family ate 22 of them, then used
the rest to make 5 apple pies. How
many apples went into each pie?
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(3) Brianna had 51 pieces of laundry to (4)
wash. First, she removed her 11
favorite shirts, which she will wash by
hand. Then she divided the rest into
piles of 8 to wash in the machine.
How many piles does she have for
the machine?
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At the fair, Dylan bought 76 tickets.
He spent 28 of them on rides and
games. Now he wants to spend the
rest of his tickets on the roller
coaster, which costs 4 tickets for
each ride. How many times can he
ride it?
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Jack's team won the basketball
game, scoring 116 points. Jack
scored 20 of those points, and the 8
other players each scored the same
number of points. How many points
did each of his teammates score?
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 Two-Step Math Word Problems
Multiplcation and Addition
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(1) Too many students came to the first (2)
day of class. There were 9 rows with
8 seats in each row, and they were all
filled. Also, 16 more students stood in
the back and on the sides of the
room. How many students were there
in the classroom?
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(3) Brittany bought 10 chocolate bars, (4)
each of which had 11 grams of sugar.
She also bought a giant lollipop,
which had an additional 39 grams of
sugar. How much sugar was in all of
the candy she bought?
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Anthony entered the crypt and met 8
skeletons. He killed them all,
receiving 12 experience points (XP)
for each. At the end of the crypt he
found a troll. He got another 68 XP
for killing him. How many XP did
Anthony get in all?
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Each of the 9 passengers on the
small plane weighed 65 kilograms. All
of their luggage weighed a combined
135 kilograms. How much do the
passengers and their luggage weigh?
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 Two-Step Math Word Problems
Multiplcation and Division
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(1) One bag of Choco-Bites has 135
calories. David bought 7 bags of
them, and will eat them all in 9 days.
How many calories will he get each
day from the Choco-Bites?
(2) Joshua was building 8 dog houses.
He bought 7 boxes of nails, and each
box contained 80 nails. How many
nails can be used for each dog
house?

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(3) John's bakery sold 7 triple-chocolate
birthday cakes for 50 dollars each.
The price of each cake was 5 times
the cost of the ingredients. How much
did the ingredients to make all of the
cakes cost?
(4) In Dunjun Quest, Dylan killed 7 trolls
and collected 48 gold from each.
Grace offered him 8 magic elixers for
the gold. How gold much would each
elixer cost him?

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