Two-Step Equation Word Problems

Laura is 3 years older than twice Joseph's age.  If Laura is 27 years old, how old is Joseph?

• 12

• 15

• 24

• 30

Shawn has $3 more than twice as much money as Peter.  If Shawn has $10, how much money does Peter have?

• $17.00

• $6.75

• $3.50

• $23.00

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

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

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?

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?

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?

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

Sean is employed as a truck driver. He drives x hours in a week and is paid $21.6 per hour. He earns a total of $1114 in a week which includes a food allowance of $250.

• 21.6x – 250 = 1114

• 21.6x + 250 = 1114

• 250x + 21.6 = 1114

• 21.6x + 1114 = 250

Clara lends half her collection of formal attires to her sister, Susan. Clara then buys four more attires. If she has 12 attires now, how many attires did Clara had initially?