Two Step Equation Word Problem

Aliyah had $24 to spend on seven pencils. After buying them she had $10. How much did each pencil cost?

You bought a magazine for $5 and four erasers. You spent a total of $25. How much did each eraser cost?

Imani spent half of her weekly allowance playing mini-golf. To earn more money her parents let her wash the car for $4. What is her weekly allowance if she ended with $12?

How old am I if 400 reduced by 2 times my age is 244?

Taxi company A charges $8.00 to get into the cab and $0.75 per mile. Taxi company B charges $6.00 to get into a cab and $1.25 per mile. How many miles would the cost be the same for both companies?

• 2 miles 

• 4 miles

• 0.50 mile

• -4 miles 

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Taxi company A charges $8.00 to get into the cab and $0.75 per mile. Taxi company B charges $6.00 to get into a cab and $1.25 per mile. How many miles would the cost be the same for both companies?

• 2 miles 

• 4 miles

• 0.50 mile

• -4 miles 

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A rental car agency charges $30.00 per day plus per mile $0.15. Another rental car agency charges $36.00 per day plus $0.10 per mile. How many miles would have to be driven in one day for both rental agencies to cost the same amount to rent?

• 120 miles

• 100 miles

• 110 miles

• 150 miles

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Jill sold half of her comic books and then bought sixteen more. She now has 36. With how many did she begin?

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

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?