Solving Real-Life Multi-Step Equations for 7th Graders

A store sells pencils for $2 each and erasers for $3 each. If you buy a total of 10 items and spend $24, how many pencils did you buy?

• 4

• 8

• 6

• 10

Maria has twice as many marbles as John. If John has x marbles and together they have 36 marbles, how many marbles does Maria have?

• 24

• 12

• 30

• 18

A recipe requires 3 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar. If you want to make 4 batches of the recipe, how many cups of flour and sugar do you need in total?

• 12 cups of flour and 8 cups of sugar

• 8 cups of flour and 4 cups of sugar

• 10 cups of flour and 6 cups of sugar

• 15 cups of flour and 10 cups of sugar

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $50 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If you paid $70 for your rental, how many miles did you drive?

• 50 miles

• 150 miles

• 100 miles

• 200 miles

Liam is 4 years older than Emma. If the sum of their ages is 28, how old is Liam?

• 20

• 14

• 16

• 18

A gardener is planting flowers in rows. If each row has 5 flowers and he wants to plant a total of 45 flowers, how many rows will he need?

• 8

• 10

• 7

• 9

A book costs $15 and a magazine costs $5. If you buy a total of 8 items and spend $70, how many books did you buy?

• 2

• 4

• 5

• 3

A swimming pool is being filled with water. If it fills at a rate of 3 gallons per minute and you want to fill it to 150 gallons, how long will it take to fill the pool?

• 75 minutes

• 50 minutes

• 30 minutes

• 100 minutes

A school is organizing a field trip. If each ticket costs $12 and they need to buy tickets for 25 students, how much will they spend in total?

• 350

• 180

• 240

• 300

A farmer has chickens and cows. If there are 20 animals in total and there are 4 more chickens than cows, how many chickens does the farmer have?

• 15

• 8

• 10

• 12