Solve 2-Step Problems (All 4 Operations)

Addition: putting two numbers together to find the total

Subtraction: taking away a number from another number

Multiplication: adding equal groups of numbers

Division: a quantity into equal groups

You saved up $53 but you spent $4 on ice cream. How much do you have left?

There are 4 students. Each student has 3 books. How many books are there in all?

You want to evenly distribute 81 stickers among 27 students. How many stickers will each student get?

A plant in your house had 43 leaves. Last spring, it grew 23 more leaves. This year, it grew another 26 leaves. How many leaves does it have now?

You should restate the problem in your own words to make sure you understood all the parts and to decide which operations to use.

In an equation, the left side of the equals sign contains the same amount as the right side. The two sides are equal.

Multiplication, subtraction.

Subtraction, division.

Yes, it matters. You will get a different answer if you add 17 + 4 before subtracting it from 25.