Problem Solving Worksheet

Recommended for Kindergarten — High School

Name: ____________________Date: ____________

Instructions: Working through multi-step puzzles and choosing the right strategy.

20 problems

There are 48 stickers. 24 are taken away. How many stickers are left?
There are 16 marbles. 9 are taken away. How many marbles are left?
Each box holds 4 marbles. How many marbles are in 8 boxes?
Each box holds 4 pencils. How many pencils are in 2 boxes?
Each box holds 2 pencils. How many pencils are in 7 boxes?
Each box holds 9 cookies. How many cookies are in 4 boxes?
Each box holds 7 apples. How many apples are in 2 boxes?
There are 36 pencils. 3 are taken away. How many pencils are left?
35 apples are on the table. 40 more are added. How many apples are there in all?
There are 57 marbles. 56 are taken away. How many marbles are left?
There are 13 pencils. 6 are taken away. How many pencils are left?
13 pencils are on the table. 12 more are added. How many pencils are there in all?
18 marbles are on the table. 9 more are added. How many marbles are there in all?
Each box holds 5 marbles. How many marbles are in 6 boxes?
There are 19 pencils. 14 are taken away. How many pencils are left?
Each box holds 5 stickers. How many stickers are in 9 boxes?
There are 10 apples. 3 are taken away. How many apples are left?
32 apples are shared equally among 8 students. How many apples does each student get?
There are 21 marbles. 16 are taken away. How many marbles are left?
There are 30 cookies. 11 are taken away. How many cookies are left?