Two Step Equation Word Problem Practice

331 students went on a field trip. Six buses were filled and 7 students traveled in cars. How many students were in each bus? Write an equation that matches this situation.

• 331=7x+6
• 331=13x
• 331=6x+7
• 331-7=6x

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Scott works on cars. He charges $35 for each car plus $7 per hour. Write an equation that represents this scenario if Kylie's car bill was $63.

• 7x + 35 = 63
• 7x = 63
• 7x - 35 = 63
• 35x + 7 = 63

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WRITE AN EQUATION
Jill sold half of her comic books and then got sixteen more. She now has 36. With how many did she begin?

• x/2 + 16= 36
• 36 + 16 = x
• x/2 - 16 = 36
• x/2 = 36 + 16

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 A computer printer can print 10 pages per minute. There were already 35 pages in the tray.  The total pages printed was 115 pages.  Write an expression for the number of pages the printer can print in m minutes. 

• 10m + 35 = 115
• 10m - 35 = 115
• 115m + 35 = 10
• 35m + 10 = 115

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Jim paid a gym membership fee of $50, plus $20 per month.  Jim has paid a total of $290 to the gym.  How many months has Jim been a member of the gym?

• 50 + 20m = 290
• 20 + 50m = 290
• 50 + 20 = m
• 50m - 20 = 290

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Speedy Boat Rental charges a $15 deposit fee plus $2 for each hour of use to rent a paddle boat.  Write an equation to find out how many hours, h, they rented the Boat if the total cost was $33.

• h = 2(9) + 15
• 33 = 15h + 2
• h = 15(9) + 2
• 33 = 2h + 15

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Mo is thinking of a number. Eleven more than one third of a number is -1. Which equation would help me find Mo's number?

• 1/ 3 + 11 = -1
• 3x + 11 = -1
• 1/3x + 11 = -1
• 1/3x + 11 = 1

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A bag of candy was shared equally among 4 friends.  Each friend gave away 7 pieces of candy.  They each ended up with 8 pieces of candy.  Write an equation to find how much candy was in the bag at the beginning.

• c/7 - 4 = 8
• c/4 + 7 = 8
• 4/c - 7 = 8
• c/4 - 7 = 8

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

 A computer printer can print 10 pages per minute. There were already 35 pages in the tray.  The total pages printed was 115 pages. How many minutes has the printer been running?

• 8
• 9
• 7
• 10

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Jared made sixty dollars mowing lawns over the summer. If he spent thirty-nine dollars buying new mower blades, how many seven dollar games could he buy with the money he had left?

• 21 games
• 3 games
• 7 games
• 99 games

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