Multi-Step Word Problem

Question

Annie is planting a vegetable garden for her neighborhood to share. She has 300 plants to plant in the garden. She has already created 60 rows of 4 plants. How many more plants will she need to plant in the ground?

Answer 1

Answer 2

Step 1: Make sure you understand what the question is (identify key words). 

Question: How many more plants will she need to plant in the ground?

Step 2: Write down your answer as a complete sentence. You will fill out the blank once you have figured out the answer. 

Annie needs to plant _____ plants in the ground.

Step 3: Figure out the number of plants Annie has already planted in her garden.

60 * 4 = 240 plants

Step 4: Figure out the number of plants she will need to plant knowing that she has a total of 300 plants to plant.

300 - 240 = 60 plants.

Step 5: Fill out the blank in the sentence you came up with in Step 2.

Annie needs to plant 60 plants in the ground.