Math Drills
2-Step Word Problems
D-2Word Problems (Cost)
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- 2-Step Word Problems
One calculation will not reach the answer. Four patterns of word problem, differing in how they combine, are gathered: Adding or Subtracting after Multiplying or Adding, Two Steps Using Multiplication, Adding or Subtracting after Dividing, and Total Cost.
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What the four patterns share is that every figure appearing in the question enters an expression at least once. Look across the expressions written and check that no figure has been left unused. One left over means the work stopped there or the wrong partner was combined with it.
All four are alike on a single point, that two calculations are needed. In Finding from the Sum and Difference, what the first of those two should be becomes hard to see from the scene.
- Total Cost6 questions
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These are the problems in “Various Word Problems”, shown with their answers.
(1)At the department store, Sam bought 7 notebooks at 1 for 40 dollars and 3 pencils at 1 for 30 dollars. What is the total cost, in how many dollars? Answer □
Answer: 370dollars
(2)At the department store, Grace bought 4 bags at 1 for 75 dollars and 8 caps at 1 for 20 dollars. What is the total cost, in how many dollars? Answer □
Answer: 460dollars
(3)At the department store, Olivia bought 5 pairs of shoes at 1 for 90 dollars and 7 T-shirts at 1 for 50 dollars. What is the total cost, in how many dollars? Answer □
Answer: 800dollars
(4)At the sporting goods store, Ethan bought 9 baseballs at 1 for 10 dollars and 5 basketballs at 1 for 30 dollars. What is the total cost, in how many dollars? Answer □
Answer: 240dollars
(5)At the sporting goods store, Riley bought 7 basketballs at 1 for 50 dollars and 9 baseballs at 1 for 20 dollars. What is the total cost, in how many dollars? Answer □
Answer: 530dollars
(6)At the department store, Hannah bought 4 pairs of sunglasses at 1 for 30 dollars and 3 T-shirts at 1 for 50 dollars. What is the total cost, in how many dollars? Answer □
Answer: 270dollars
