Solving Two-Step Equations: Challenge Your Skills!

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

• 5

• 3

• 6

• 4

Maria has twice as many marbles as John. If the total number of marbles they have is 36, how many marbles does John have?

• 14

• 10

• 12

• 18

A movie theater charges $8 for adult tickets and $5 for child tickets. If 15 tickets were sold for a total of $85, how many adult tickets were sold?

• 5

• 7

• 3

• 10

Liam has 5 more than twice the number of stickers that Emma has. If together they have 35 stickers, how many stickers does Emma have?

• 10

• 20

• 15

• 5

A gardener plants 3 times as many flowers as shrubs. If the total number of plants is 48, how many flowers did the gardener plant?

• 24

• 12

• 18

• 36

A book costs $12 and a magazine costs $5. If you buy a total of 8 items for $66, how many books did you buy?

• 3

• 4

• 2

• 5

Samantha has $50. She spends $15 on a shirt and then divides the remaining money equally among her 5 friends. How much money does each friend receive?

• $5

• $10

• $7

• $12

A recipe requires 2 cups of sugar and 3 cups of flour. If you want to make a batch that uses 5 cups of flour, how many cups of sugar do you need?

• 4 cups of sugar

• 1.5 cups of sugar

• 2 cups of sugar

• 3.33 cups of sugar

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $30 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If a customer pays $50, how many miles did they drive?

• 120 miles

• 100 miles

• 50 miles

• 75 miles

A school is selling tickets for a play. Adult tickets are $10 and student tickets are $6. If they sold a total of 50 tickets for $400, how many student tickets were sold?

• 20

• 15

• 25

• 30