IXL | Two-step addition and subtraction word problems - up to 100

All of the school buses are in a parking lot. There are 36 long buses. There are 24 fewer short buses. How many buses are in the parking lot?

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At Haley's school, there is a running club. If you run 50 miles, you get a T-shirt. Haley ran 16 miles last month. She ran 18 miles this month.

To get a T-shirt, how many more miles does Haley need to run?

more miles

Step 1: Find how many miles Haley has run.

Add the 16 miles from last month and the 18 miles from this month.

Haley has run 34 miles.

Step 2: Find how many more miles Haley needs to run.

Haley needs to run 50 miles in all. She has already run 34 miles. Draw a model to show this.

miles run

miles left to run

You can subtract to find how many more miles Haley needs to run.

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Haley needs to run 16 more

miles.

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