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. The equation from the last problem was: 50 + 20m = 290 How many months did Jim go to the gym?

Scott works on cars. He charges $35 for each car plus $7 per hour. If Kylie's car bill was $63, how many hours did Scott work on the car? The equation from the last problem was: 7x + 35 = 63 How many hours did Scott work on the car?

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. How much candy was in the bag at the beginning. The equation from the last problem was: c/4 - 7 = 8 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

• .50 + 20x = 35

• 20 -.50x = 35

• .50x - 20 = 35

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. If she spends $35 in all, how many rides can she ride?

The equation from the last problem was:

.50x + 20 = 35

How many rides can she ride?

Jill sold half of her comic books and then got sixteen more. She now has 36. With how many did she begin? Write an equation that represents this scenario.

• 16 - x/2 = 36

• x/2 - 16 = 36

• x/2 + 16 = 36

• x/2 - 36 = 16

Jill sold half of her comic books and then got sixteen more. She now has 36. How many book did she begin with?

The equation from the last problem was:

x/2 + 16 = 36

How many book did she begin with?

A computer printer can print 10 pages per minute. There were already 35 pages in the tray. The total pages printed was 115 pages. What is the number of minutes it took to print the pages?

The equation from the last problem was:

10m + 35 = 115

What is the number of minutes it took to print the pages?

Speedy Boat Rental charges a $15 deposit fee plus $2 for each hour of use to rent a paddle boat. Write an equation to find out how many hours, h, they rented the Boat if the total cost was $33.

• 33 = 2h - 15

• 33 = 15h - 2

• 33 = 2h + 15

• 33 = 15h + 2

Speedy Boat Rental charges a $15 deposit fee plus $2 for each hour of use to rent a paddle boat. How many hours, h, did they rent the boat if the total cost was $33.

The equation from the last problem was:

33 = 2h + 15

How many hours did they rent the boat?