7.5 Solve two-step word problems 1

There are 24 children at Kid Zone daycare center. The teachers separated them in to groups of 6 for a walk around the neighborhood. How many groups of children were there?

On a sheet of paper, write an equation to solve the problem. Use a letter for the unknown number. Then, put your answer below, with the unit (groups of children).

Bonnie brought $46 to the book fair. She bought 4 books for $6 each. How much money did Bonnie have left after buying her books?

On a sheet of paper, draw a strip model to help you write an equation for each step. Use a letter for each unknown number. Then use your equations to solve.

1. How much money did Bonnie spend at the book fair?

2. How much money did Bonnie have left after the book fair?

Bonnie had ____ left.

Jada decorated her birthday invitations with stickers. She already had a pack of stickers with 24 stickers left. She also bought a new pack of 40 stickers. Jada split all of the stickers equally across 8 invitations. How many stickers did Jada use on each invitation?

Solve the problem in two steps. For each step, draw a strip model to help you write the equation. Use a letter for the unknown number. Then, solve.

1.What will you find first?

2. 2.What do you need to find next?

3. Jada used ____ stickers on each invitation.

Chandler, Stacy, and Lamar are selling candy bars for a school fundraiser. They brought a box of 80 bars to the mall to sell together. After selling 56 bars, they decided to split up to sell the rest. They each took an equal number of candy bars. How many candy bars did each person take?

(Don't forget your unit - candy bars.)

Nate built a treehouse to play in with his friends. The floor is rectangular, with a length of 10 feet and a width of 9 feet. Nate put a rug with an area of 70 square feet. How many square feet of the treehouse floor will not be covered by the rug?

(Don't forget your unit - square feet.)

Justin collected 30 baby blankets from this neighbors to donate. He bundled them into groups of 3 and then split the bundles equally among 5 boxes so he could deliver them to different places. How many bundles were in each box?

• 10 blankets in each box

• 2 blankets in each box

• 5 blankets in each box

• 13 blankets in each box

• 3 blankets in each box

Zesty's Pizza sells 4 different pizza sizes. The table shows how many pizzas of each size Zesty's sold on Monday.

Small-9 sold Medium-40 sold Large-15 sold Extra-large-35 sold

Every large or extra-large pizza comes with 6 free garlic knots. How many free garlic knots did Zesty's Pizza give out on Monday?

Zesty's Pizza sells 4 different pizza sizes. The table shows how many pizzas of each size Zesty's sold on Monday.

Small-9 sold Medium-40 sold Large-15 sold Extra-large-35 sold

Zesty's Pizza sold $959 worth of pizza on Monday. The most popular item, a medium pizza, costs $9. How much money did Zesty's Pizza bring in selling the other sizes?

Write a two-step word problem that the equations could represent.

r=320-275

s=45/5

After you write it, solve the problem.

(You may do this on paper and upload it here.)

Hugo and Kylie both solved this problem.

Gina served 5 packs of juice boxes at a cookout. Each pack had 8 juice boxes. She put 4 juice boxes at each of the tables. How many tables were there?

What is similar and what is different about their work?