Math Drills
2-Step Word Problems
B-2Word Problems (Multiplication, Division)
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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.
- Two Steps Using Multiplication6 questions
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These are the problems in “Various Word Problems”, shown with their answers.
(1)On Grace's desk there are 3 pencils. There are 4 times as many erasers as pencils, and 2 times as many notebooks as erasers. How many notebooks are there? Answer □
Answer: 24notebooks
(2)Liam has 3 stickers. He has 4 times as many origami sheets as stickers, and 3 times as many drawing papers as origami sheets. How many drawing papers does he have? Answer □
Answer: 36sheets
(3)Hannah has 4 apples. There are 3 times as many oranges as apples, and 3 times as many cookies as oranges. How many cookies are there? Answer □
Answer: 36cookies
(4)Henry runs 1 path that is 260m long, 4 times per 1 day. Over 2 days, how many km how many m will he run in all? Answer □ □
Answer: 2km, 80m
(5)Liam has 5 candies. There are 2 times as many cookies as candies, and 3 times as many marbles as cookies. How many marbles are there? Answer □
Answer: 30marbles
(6)At the stamp shop, 1 collectible stamp costs 8 dollars, and 5 stamps make 1 pack. If Hannah buys 2 packs, how many dollars will it cost in total? Answer □
Answer: 80dollars
