One and Two Step Word Problems

Lili wants to earn $350 to buy a new phone. She has $50 saved up and earns $15 an hour walking her neighbor’s dog. If “x” represents the number of hours, WRITE and SOLVE an equation to represent this situation.

• 50x + 15 = 350 x = 6.7

• 15x + 50 = 350 x = 20

• 15x + 350 = 50 x = -20

• 15x - 50 = 350 x = 26.7

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

Devin ran 30 miles last week, the next few weeks he is going to run 2 miles each day. He needs to run 100 miles. Solve for how many days will it take him to run 100 miles? Let x represent days.

• It will take Devin 100 days to run 100 miles.

• It will take Devin 3.2 days to run 100 miles.

• It will take Devin 35 days to run 100 miles.

• It will take Devin 65 days to run 100 miles.

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

Emily scored 60 points on level one in his game. She wants to score 15 points per level. If Emily stays on track, how many levels until she reaches 300 points?

Write an equation to represent this situation, let x represent levels.

• x = 24

• x = -16

• x = 4.75

• x = 16

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

Danielle is ordering pizza for her family for dinner, she has $40. She orders one large pizza for $16 and an order of chicken wings for $6 each. How many orders of chicken wings can she buy?

Let x represent orders of chicken wings.

• Danielle can buy 3 orders of chicken wings and one large pizza.

• Danielle can buy 4 orders of chicken wings and one large pizza.

• Danielle can buy 9 orders of chicken wings and one large pizza.

• Danielle can buy 2 orders of chicken wings and one large pizza.

Mike's son loves squeeze packs. They cost $1.79 each. He has $10. Solve an equation for how many squeeze packs he can buy, explain your answer. Let x represent squeeze packs.

• He can buy 5.29 squeeze packs for his son.

• He can buy 6 squeeze packs for his son.

• He can buy 5 squeeze packs for his son.

• He can buy 4 squeeze packs for his son.

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7

Emmett loves apples jacks. His mom says she only has $10. If one box of apple jacks costs $5, how many boxes can Emmett get? Solve, let x represent boxes of apple jacks.

• Emmett can get 4 boxes of apple jacks.

• Emmett can get 2 boxes of apple jacks.

• Emmett can get 20 boxes of apple jacks.

• Emmett can get .5 boxes of apple jacks.

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7

Jess is buying frozen yogurt. The cup costs $5 and each topping is a $1.50. She has $15. Write an equation for how many toppings she can afford.

• 1.50x + 5 = 15

• 5x = 15

• 5x + 1.50 = 15

• 15x + 5 = 1.50

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Brian has $20 to buy school supplies. Pencils are $4 each pack and you buy a planner for $8. How many packs of pencils can Brain buy?

Solve, let x represent packs of pencils.

• Brian can buy 2 packs of pencils.

• Brian can buy 4 packs of pencils.

• Brian can buy 6 packs of pencils.

• Brian can buy 3 packs of pencils.