Solving Two-Step Equations in Real-Life Scenarios

A store sells notebooks for $3 each and pens for $2 each. If you buy a total of 10 items and spend $24, how many notebooks did you buy?

• 5

• 3

• 6

• 4

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

• 10

• 25

• 20

A movie theater charges $8 for adult tickets and $5 for child tickets. If 15 tickets were sold for a total of $85, how many adult tickets were sold?

• 7

• 10

• 3

• 5

Liam has 5 more than twice the number of video games that Emma has. If Emma has y video games and together they have 35 video games, how many video games does Liam have?

• 30

• 25

• 15

• 20

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 28, how many rows are there?

• 7

• 8

• 6

• 5

A book costs $12 and a magazine costs $5. If you buy 3 books and some magazines for a total of $51, how many magazines did you buy?

• 3

• 4

• 1

• 2

In a class, the number of boys is 3 less than twice the number of girls. If there are g girls in the class and a total of 21 students, how many boys are there?

• 8

• 10

• 13

• 15

A recipe requires 2 cups of flour and 3 cups of sugar. If you want to make a batch that uses a total of 15 cups of ingredients, how many cups of flour will you need?

• 6 cups of flour

• 4 cups of flour

• 8 cups of flour

• 2 cups of flour

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

• 150 miles

• 200 miles

• 100 miles

A farmer has chickens and cows. If the number of cows is 4 more than twice the number of chickens and there are a total of 20 animals, how many cows does the farmer have?

• 8

• 16

• 12

• 10