Real-Life Two-Step Equations: Solve and Translate

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?

• 8

• 5

• 6

• 4

Maria has twice as many marbles as John. If John has 5 marbles and they together have 25 marbles, how many marbles does Maria have?

• 25

• 10

• 15

• 20

A book costs $15 and a magazine costs $5. If you buy 3 books and some magazines for a total of $60, how many magazines did you buy?

• 4

• 3

• 1

• 2

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

• 20

• 16

• 12

• 18

A farmer has chickens and cows. If there are 20 animals in total and the number of cows is 3 more than the number of chickens, how many cows does the farmer have?

• 8

• 5

• 11

• 15

A concert ticket costs $50 and a parking pass costs $10. If you buy 2 tickets and some parking passes for a total of $120, how many parking passes did you buy?

• 3

• 4

• 2

• 1

Lisa has $40. She spends $5 on snacks and then divides the remaining money equally among her 3 friends. How much money does each friend get?

• 12.50

• 15

• 11.67

• 10

A gardener plants flowers and shrubs. If he plants 5 more flowers than shrubs and the total number of plants is 35, how many flowers did he plant?

• 30

• 25

• 15

• 20

A school is selling tickets for a play. Adult tickets cost $12 and student tickets cost $8. If they sold 50 tickets for a total of $480, how many adult tickets were sold?

• 20

• 30

• 25

• 15

A recipe requires 2 cups of flour and 3 cups of sugar. If you want to make a batch that uses 12 cups of flour, how many cups of sugar will you need?

• 18 cups of sugar

• 15 cups of sugar

• 12 cups of sugar

• 9 cups of sugar