Two Step Problems Name: Answer Key
Solve each problem. Answers
1) There are forty students trying out for the school's trivia teams. If nineteen of them didn't
get picked for the team and the rest were put into three groups, how many students would 1. 7
be in each group?
2. 7
2) Robin uploaded sixty-five pictures to Facebook. She put forty-four pics into one album
and put the rest into three different albums. How many pictures were in each of the three 3. 3
albums?
4. 2
3) Rachel had seventeen files on her computer. She deleted eight of them and put the rest into
folders with three files in each one. How many folders did Rachel end up with? 5. 3
6. 4
4) Carol's team won their baseball game and scored ten points total. If Carol scored six of the
points and everyone else scored two points each, how many players were on her team? 7. 4
8. 4
5) Oliver is at the library helping put away books. There are sixty-seven book to put away
total but a librarian takes forty of them and leaves Oliver with the rest. If he can fit nine 9. 5
books on a shelf, how many shelves will he need?
10. 8
6) A store had thirty-nine coloring books in stock. They ended up putting them on sale and
getting rid of eleven of them. The put the ones they still had onto shelves with seven on
each shelf. How many shelves did they use?
7) Lana was planting vegetables in her garden. She started with twenty-eight seeds and
planted eight of them in the big garden and in each of her small gardens put five seeds
each. How many small gardens did Lana have?
8) A company invited seventy-one people to a luncheon, but thirty-nine of them didn't show
up. If the tables they had held eight people each, how many tables do they need?
9) A waiter had fifty-five customers in his section. If thirty-five of them left and the rest of
his tables had four people at each table, how many tables did he have?
10) Paul bought eighteen tickets at the state fair. He spent two tickets at the 'dunk a clown'
booth and decided to use the rest on rides. If each ride cost two tickets, how many rides
could he go on?
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Two Step Problems Name: Answer Key
Solve each problem. Answers
1) There are forty students trying out for the school's trivia teams. If nineteen of them didn't
get picked for the team and the rest were put into three groups, how many students would 1. 7
be in each group?
2. 7
2) Robin uploaded sixty-five pictures to Facebook. She put forty-four pics into one album
and put the rest into three different albums. How many pictures were in each of the three 3. 3
albums?
4. 2
3) Rachel had seventeen files on her computer. She deleted eight of them and put the rest into
folders with three files in each one. How many folders did Rachel end up with? 5. 3
6. 4
4) Carol's team won their baseball game and scored ten points total. If Carol scored six of the
points and everyone else scored two points each, how many players were on her team? 7. 4
8. 4
5) Oliver is at the library helping put away books. There are sixty-seven book to put away
total but a librarian takes forty of them and leaves Oliver with the rest. If he can fit nine 9. 5
books on a shelf, how many shelves will he need?
10. 8
6) A store had thirty-nine coloring books in stock. They ended up putting them on sale and
getting rid of eleven of them. The put the ones they still had onto shelves with seven on
each shelf. How many shelves did they use?
7) Lana was planting vegetables in her garden. She started with twenty-eight seeds and
planted eight of them in the big garden and in each of her small gardens put five seeds
each. How many small gardens did Lana have?
8) A company invited seventy-one people to a luncheon, but thirty-nine of them didn't show
up. If the tables they had held eight people each, how many tables do they need?
9) A waiter had fifty-five customers in his section. If thirty-five of them left and the rest of
his tables had four people at each table, how many tables did he have?
10) Paul bought eighteen tickets at the state fair. He spent two tickets at the 'dunk a clown'
booth and decided to use the rest on rides. If each ride cost two tickets, how many rides
could he go on?
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Two Step Problems Name: Answer Key
Solve each problem. Answers
4 4 5 7 7
4 8 2 3 3 1. 7
1) There are 40 students trying out for the school's trivia teams. If 19 of them didn't get picked 7
2.
for the team and the rest were put into 3 groups, how many students would be in each
group?
3. 3
2) Robin uploaded 65 pictures to Facebook. She put 44 pics into one album and put the rest
into 3 different albums. How many pictures were in each of the 3 albums? 4. 2
5. 3
3) Rachel had 17 files on her computer. She deleted 8 of them and put the rest into folders
with 3 files in each one. How many folders did Rachel end up with? 6. 4
7. 4
4) Carol's team won their baseball game and scored 10 points total. If Carol scored 6 of the
points and everyone else scored 2 points each, how many players were on her team? 8. 4
9. 5
5) Oliver is at the library helping put away books. There are 67 book to put away total but a
librarian takes 40 of them and leaves Oliver with the rest. If he can fit 9 books on a shelf,
how many shelves will he need? 10. 8
6) A store had 39 coloring books in stock. They ended up putting them on sale and getting rid
of 11 of them. The put the ones they still had onto shelves with 7 on each shelf. How many
shelves did they use?
7) Lana was planting vegetables in her garden. She started with 28 seeds and planted 8 of
them in the big garden and in each of her small gardens put 5 seeds each. How many small
gardens did Lana have?
8) A company invited 71 people to a luncheon, but 39 of them didn't show up. If the tables
they had held 8 people each, how many tables do they need?
9) A waiter had 55 customers in his section. If 35 of them left and the rest of his tables had 4
people at each table, how many tables did he have?
10) Paul bought 18 tickets at the state fair. He spent 2 tickets at the 'dunk a clown' booth and
decided to use the rest on rides. If each ride cost 2 tickets, how many rides could he go on?
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