Two-step addition and subtraction word problems

What is on this worksheet

Stories that need two calculations, adding and subtracting with numbers up to 100, before the answer.

• Stories: Add and subtract

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About two-step word problems

Each story needs two calculations before the answer. Choose stories that add and subtract, stories that multiply first and then add or subtract, stories with division, or a mix of all three. Keep the numbers within 100 or let them reach 1,000 where the story allows.

The worked example shows each step in order. Every answer is a whole number, and there are twelve different story patterns for each kind, so a page never reads as the same story repeated. Choose a theme to set the stories in a bakery, a garden, space and more, with names, foods, places and celebrations from many cultures.

Printing

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