2 step equation word problems

What equation would you use to solve the following problem?

A stack of 5 books is 15 inches high. What is the height of each book?

• $x+5=15$
  

• $\frac{5}{x}=15$

• $x-5=15$

• $5x=15$

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7

What equation would you use to solve the following problem?

You want to buy a some new shirts and pants for $80. The shirts cost $15 and pants cost $20 each. You want one pair of pants and as many shirts as you can afford. How many shirts can you buy?

• $20x+15=80$

• $20x-80=15$

• $20+15x=80$

• $20-5x=80$

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

Solve the following word problem:

Jenny bought a shirt and 8 pairs of socks for $22.95. Each pair of socks cost the same amount. If the shirt cost $8.95, how much did each pair of socks cost?

• x= $1.75

• x= $3.99

• x= $1.67

• x= $1.52

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

Solve the following word problem:

A taxi service charges you $1.50 plus $0.60 per mile for a trip to the airport. Angie paid $13.50 for her ride to the airport. How far did she travel?

• x= 6.4 miles

• x= 25 miles

• x= 15 miles

• x = 20 miles

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

What is the equation you would use to solve the following problem?

Over the weekend, Sara spent a total of 16 hours working on school work. She spent equal amounts of time working on 4 projects plus 2 hours working on her language arts homework. How much time did she spend on each project?

• $2x+4=16$

• $4x+2=16$

• $2x-4=16$

• $4x-2=16$

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

What equation would you use to solve the following problem?

Drew was shopping on Amazon.com on Black Friday. He purchased 5 DVDs, all at the same price. The tax on his purchase was $6, bringing the total cost to $61. What was the price of each DVD?

• $6x+5=61$

• $5x-61=6$

• $5x+6=61$

• $6x-5=61$

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

Solve the following 2 step eqaution:

 $4.32x+15.50=45.32$  

• x= 6.90

• x= -5

• x= 14.08

• x= 41.73

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A