Solving Real-Life Multistep Equations and Word Problems

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 and erasers did you buy?

• 6 pencils and 4 erasers

• 5 pencils and 5 erasers

• 4 pencils and 6 erasers

• 7 pencils and 3 erasers

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

• John has 15 marbles and Maria has 21 marbles.

• John has 12 marbles and Maria has 24 marbles.

• John has 18 marbles and Maria has 18 marbles.

• John has 10 marbles and Maria has 26 marbles.

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?

• 8 cups of flour and 4 cups of sugar

• 15 cups of flour and 10 cups of sugar

• 12 cups of flour and 8 cups of sugar

• 10 cups of flour and 6 cups of sugar

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $50 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If you drove the car for m miles and your total bill was $70, how many miles did you drive?

• 100 miles

• 120 miles

• 80 miles

• 50 miles

In a class, the ratio of boys to girls is 3:5. If there are a total of 40 students, how many boys and girls are in the class?

• 25 boys and 15 girls

• 10 boys and 30 girls

• 20 boys and 20 girls

• 15 boys and 25 girls

A gardener is planting flowers in rows. If each row has 8 flowers and he wants to plant a total of 56 flowers, how many rows will he need?

• 7

• 8

• 6

• 5

A book costs $15 and a magazine costs $5. If you buy a total of 7 items and spend $80, how many books and magazines did you buy?

• 5 books and 2 magazines

• 3 books and 4 magazines

• 6 books and 1 magazine

• 4 books and 3 magazines

A swimming pool is filled with water at a rate of 5 gallons per minute. If it takes 2 hours to fill the pool, how many gallons of water does the pool hold?

• 500 gallons

• 700 gallons

• 800 gallons

• 600 gallons

A school is planning a field trip. The cost per student is $12, and there are x students going. If the total cost is $240, how many students are going on the trip?

• 20

• 30

• 15

• 25

A farmer has chickens and cows. If there are a total of 30 animals and the number of chickens is 4 less than twice the number of cows, how many chickens and cows does the farmer have?

• 8 chickens and 22 cows

• 12 chickens and 18 cows

• 20 chickens and 5 cows

• 16 chickens and 10 cows