Solving Real-Life Multistep Equations for Grade 6

A store sells pencils for $2 each and erasers for $1 each. If you buy a total of 10 items and spend $16, how many pencils and erasers did you buy?

• 5 pencils and 5 erasers

• 7 pencils and 3 erasers

• 4 pencils and 6 erasers

• 6 pencils and 4 erasers

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

• John has 12 marbles and Maria has 18 marbles.

• John has 10 marbles and Maria has 20 marbles.

• John has 15 marbles and Maria has 15 marbles.

• John has 5 marbles and Maria has 25 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?

• 15 cups of flour and 10 cups of sugar

• 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

Tom is 4 years older than his sister. If the sum of their ages is 28, how old is each of them?

• Tom is 20 years old and his sister is 8 years old.

• Tom is 14 years old and his sister is 10 years old.

• Tom is 18 years old and his sister is 10 years old.

• Tom is 16 years old and his sister is 12 years old.

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

• 100 miles

• 150 miles

• 200 miles

A gardener has 120 flowers. He plants x flowers in the garden and gives away 30 flowers. If he has 50 flowers left, how many flowers did he plant?

• 30

• 60

• 40

• 50

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

• 2 books and 6 magazines

• 4 books and 4 magazines

• 1 book and 7 magazines

• 3 books and 5 magazines

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

• 15 boys and 25 girls

• 25 boys and 15 girls

• 10 boys and 30 girls

• 20 boys and 20 girls

A movie theater sells adult tickets for $12 and child tickets for $8. If they sold a total of 50 tickets and made $520, how many adult and child tickets were sold?

• 30 adult tickets and 20 child tickets

• 40 adult tickets and 10 child tickets

• 25 adult tickets and 25 child tickets

• 35 adult tickets and 15 child tickets

A farmer has chickens and cows. If there are 20 animals in total and the number of cows is twice the number of chickens, how many chickens and cows does the farmer have?

• 4 chickens and 8 cows

• 6 chickens and 14 cows

• 10 chickens and 10 cows

• 2 chickens and 16 cows