Translating Word Problems: One & Two Step Equations

A store sells pencils for $0.50 each. If you buy x pencils and spend $4.00, how many pencils did you buy?

• 6

• 8

• 10

• 12

Maria has 3 more than twice the number of books that John has. If John has y books, write an equation to represent the number of books Maria has.

• 2y + 3

• 3y + 2

• 2y - 3

• y + 3

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $20 plus $0.15 per mile driven. If you drove m miles and paid a total of $35, how many miles did you drive?

• 75 miles

• 120 miles

• 100 miles

• 50 miles

The sum of a number z and 12 is equal to 30. Write an equation to find the value of z.

• z = 25

• z = 15

• z = 18

• z = 22

A recipe requires 2 cups of flour. If you want to make x batches of the recipe, how many cups of flour do you need in total? Write an equation to represent this.

• total flour = x + 2

• total flour = 2 - x

• total flour = 2 / x

• total flour = 2 * x

If a movie ticket costs $12 and you have $60, how many tickets can you buy? Write an equation to find the number of tickets.

• 4

• 6

• 5

• 3

A gardener has 5 more plants than he had last year. If he had p plants last year, write an equation to represent the number of plants he has now.

• p + 10

• p - 5

• p * 5

• p + 5

The perimeter of a rectangle is 50 meters. If the length is l meters and the width is 10 meters, write an equation to find the length of the rectangle.

• l = 5 meters

• l = 15 meters

• l = 20 meters

• l = 25 meters

A school is selling tickets for a play. If they sell t tickets for $8 each, how much money do they make? Write an equation to represent the total money made.

• total_money = 8 * t

• total_money = 8 * (t + 1)

• total_money = t + 8

• total_money = 8 + t

If you have $x and you spend $15, you have $25 left. Write an equation to find out how much money you had initially.

• 40

• 30

• 20

• 50