Solving Two-Step Equations: Find the Unknowns!

A store sells notebooks for $3 each and pens for $2 each. If a student buys 5 notebooks and some pens for a total of $21, how many pens did the student buy?

• 3

• 5

• 4

• 2

Maria has twice as many marbles as John. If John has x marbles and together they have 30 marbles, how many marbles does Maria have?

• 10

• 25

• 15

• 20

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?

• 2 cups of sugar

• 4 cups of sugar

• 1.5 cups of sugar

• 3.33 cups of sugar

Tom has $50. He spends $15 on a book and then divides the remaining money equally among his 5 friends. How much money does each friend receive?

• $12

• $5

• $7

• $10

A gardener plants 3 rows of flowers. Each row has the same number of flowers, and together they total 24 flowers. How many flowers are in each row?

• 8

• 10

• 12

• 6

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $20 plus $0.50 per mile driven. If a customer pays $45, how many miles did they drive?

• 30 miles

• 70 miles

• 40 miles

• 50 miles

In a class, the number of boys is 4 more than twice the number of girls. If there are 10 girls, how many boys are in the class?

• 20

• 18

• 30

• 24

A baker made 120 cookies. He packaged them in boxes of 8 cookies each and sold 5 boxes. How many cookies does he have left?

• 90

• 75

• 80

• 100

A school is collecting cans for a food drive. If they have 150 cans and they want to distribute them equally among 10 classes, how many cans will each class receive?

• 15

• 20

• 25

• 10