Solving Multi-Step Word Problems with Equations

A store sells pencils for $0.50 each and erasers for $0.75 each. If you buy a total of 12 items and spend $7.50, how many pencils and erasers did you buy?

• 5 pencils and 7 erasers

• 8 pencils and 4 erasers

• 10 pencils and 2 erasers

• 6 pencils and 6 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 10 marbles and Maria has 20 marbles.

• John has 5 marbles and Maria has 25 marbles.

• John has 12 marbles and Maria has 18 marbles.

• John has 15 marbles and Maria has 15 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

• 10 cups of flour and 6 cups of sugar

• 12 cups of flour and 8 cups of sugar

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 in the class?

• 15 boys and 25 girls

• 25 boys and 15 girls

• 20 boys and 20 girls

• 10 boys and 30 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 5 items and spend $50, how many books and magazines did you buy?

• 1 book and 4 magazines

• 3 books and 2 magazines

• 2 books and 3 magazines

• 0 books and 5 magazines

A swimming pool is filled with water at a rate of 10 gallons per minute. If it takes 2 hours to fill the pool, how many gallons of water does the pool hold?

• 800 gallons

• 1000 gallons

• 1200 gallons

• 1500 gallons

A concert ticket costs $25. If you buy x tickets and spend a total of $200, how many tickets did you buy?

• 8

• 6

• 12

• 10

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?

• 12 chickens and 8 cows

• 8 chickens and 12 cows

• 5 chickens and 15 cows

• 10 chickens and 10 cows