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Try It Out -- Chapter 4, Lesson 4: Solve Two-Step Problems



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A school has a total of 1476 students in the chess, filmmaking, and computer clubs. The chess club has 203 students, and the filmmaking club has 467. How many students are in the computer club? Order the steps you would take to solve the problem.

A.
203 + 467 = 670
B.
1476 - 670 = 806
C.
I figure out I need to add the number of students in the chess club to the number of students in the filmmaking club. Then I need to subtract that total from the number of students in all clubs.
D.
I understand I have to find out how many students are in the computer club. I know how many students are in the other 2 clubs and how many students are in all the clubs combined.
 

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What is the first step to solve this word problem?
 

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What is the second step to solve this word problem?
 

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What is the third step to solve this word problem?
 

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What is the final step to solve this word problem?
 
 


Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. He started his work on inventing the telephone in 1872 and the first phone call was made 4 years later. If it is 2004 now, how many years ago did he invent the telephone? Order the steps you would take to solve the problem.

A.
I figure out that I need to add how many years he worked on the invention to the year he started to invent it to calculate the year he completed the invention. Then I need to subtract that year from 2004.
B.
2004 - 1876 = 128
C.
I understand I need to find out how many years ago Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. I know that he started his work in 1872 and the first telephone was completed 4 years later.
D.
1872 + 4 = 1876
 

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What is the first step to solve this word problem?
 

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What is the second step to solve this word problem?
 

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What is the third step to solve this word problem?
 

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What is the fourth step to solve this word problem?
 



 
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