This task is from Tools for NC Teachers. Students explore a multi-step word problem. This is remixable. 

Part 1:  Kennedy’s Mini-Mart has sold out of Taki’s. Therefore, a truck is delivering Taki’s to the store this morning.  The truck will be carrying 8 boxes of Taki’s. There will be 9 bags of Taki’s in each box on the truck.  How many bags of Taki’s will Kennedy’s Mini-Mart have in stock after the truck delivery?

Part 2:  Later in the day, another truck delivers 387 more bags of Taki’s to the store.  How many Taki’s does the store have in stock after the second delivery?

Part 3:  That evening, Sutton’s Skating Rink comes to the store and buys 160 bags of Taki’s to sell at their concession stand. About how many Taki’s are in stock at Kennedy’s Mini-Mart now?  Write a sentence explaining how you know.