Solve Two-Step Equation Word Problems

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?

Which equation would describe "two times a number plus five equals 15"?

Tony is 3 years less than twice Joan's age. Tony is 27 years old. How old is Joan?

If 5 times a number increased by 30 is 15, what is the number?

James' age in years is five more than two times Kevin's age.  If James is 19 years old, how many years old is Kevin?

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

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

Sally bought three candy bars for a total of $18.00. How much did each candy bar cost? Write an equation to solve this problem. Use c as your variable.

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.

Andrew has saved $55 toward the purchase of an IPOD. The IPOD costs $145. Which equation represents the amount Andrew needs to save to by the IPOD?