Word Problems with 2 step equations

Jim paid a gym membership fee of $50, plus $20 per month.  Jim has paid a total of $290 to the gym.  Which equation matches this situation?

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

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.

Penelope is going to the carnival to ride the rides. It costs $20 to get into the carnival and ride tickets are $0.50 each. Write an equation that represents this scenario if she spends $35 in all.

• .50x + 20 = 35
• .50x = 35
• .50 + 20x = 35 
• .50x - 20 = 35

Terry had his car repaired at Ace Auto.  He was charged $50 per hour of labor plus $150 for parts.  His total bill for the repair before tax was $375.  How many hours of labor was Terry charged for?

• 2.5 hours
• 4.5 hours
• 7.5 hours
• 10.5 hours

You've borrowed $1,750 from Drulian a couple weeks ago. You were able to pay him back $500 today, but you need 5 months to pay the rest back. How much money will you need to give him each month?

Select the equation that best represents this situation.

• 500 + 5m = 1750

• 1750 + 5m = 500

• 500 + m = 1750

• 500 - 1750 = 5m

Answer explanation

500 + 5m = 1750 is the best representation of this situation.

You need to give Drulian a total of $1750 ( = 1750). The money you will give Drulian is $500 + 5 monthly payments.

You've borrowed $1,750 from Drulian a couple weeks ago. You were able to pay him back $500 today, but you need 5 months to pay the rest back. How much money will you need to give him each month?

This situation can be shown as:

500 + 5m = 1750

Solve for m=

• m = 450

• m = 250

• m = 1250

• m = 350

Answer explanation

Step 1: Subtract 500 from both sides of the equation

Step 2: Divide both sides of the equation by 5 to get "m" by itself.

You want to buy a car and you've decided to pay cash instead of taking a loan. The car you want to buy is $6,000. You have already saved $1,300. If your job pays $18 per hour, then how many more hours will you need to work to buy the car?

What is missing from this equation:

_____________________ = 6000

• h + 1300

• h - 1300

• 1300 + 18h

• 1300 - 18h

Answer explanation

1300 + 18h = 6000 is the best equation. The total you need to have is 6000. The amount of money that you have is 1300 (what you saved) plus 18 x hours worked.

Marco and Polo are making the world's largest apple pie. They will need 215 apples. Marco has already picked 95 apples. How many apples will Polo need to pick so they have enough?

Select the equation that best describes this problem.

• p - 95 = 215

• 215 + p = 95

• p + 95 = 215

• 95p = 215

p + 95 = 215

What is the best first step to solve this equation?

• Add 95 to both sides.

• Subtract 215 from both sides.

• Subtract 95 from both sides.

• Subtract "p" from both sides.

• 2
• 1.2
• 12
• -2