Solving Real-Life Problems with Variables and Equations

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

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

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?

• 15

• 25

• 20

• 10

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

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

• 3.33 cups of sugar

• 2 cups of sugar

• 4 cups of sugar

• 1.5 cups of sugar

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

In a class, the number of boys is 5 more than twice the number of girls. If there are a total of 25 students, how many boys are in the class?

• 20

• 5

• 15

• 10

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

A gardener is planting flowers in rows. If each row has 4 flowers and there are x rows, and the total number of flowers is 32, how many rows are there?

• 6

• 10

• 8

• 4

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A book costs $15 and a magazine costs $5. If you buy a total of 6 items and spend $70, how many books did you buy?

• 3

• 2

• 4

• 5

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

A swimming pool can be filled with water in 4 hours by one hose and in 6 hours by another hose. If both hoses are used together, how long will it take to fill the pool?

• 5 hours

• 3 hours

• 1.5 hours

• 2.4 hours

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

A school is selling tickets for a play. Adult tickets cost $10 and student tickets cost $5. If they sold a total of 50 tickets for $400, how many adult tickets were sold?

• 25

• 20

• 40

• 30

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

A farmer has chickens and cows. If the total number of animals is 30 and the number of chickens is 10 less than twice the number of cows, how many cows does the farmer have?

• 10

• 20

• 15

• 5

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B