Solving Multistep Equations: Find the Unknowns!

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?

• 6

• 10

• 8

• 4

Maria has twice as many marbles as John. If the total number of marbles they have together is 36, how many marbles does John have?

• 12

• 18

• 6

• 24

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?

• 12 cups of flour and 8 cups of sugar

• 10 cups of flour and 6 cups of sugar

• 15 cups of flour and 10 cups of sugar

• 8 cups of flour and 4 cups of sugar

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?

• 200 miles

• 150 miles

• 100 miles

• 50 miles

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

• 25

• 10

• 20

• 15

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?

• 6

• 5

• 7

• 8

A book costs $15, and there is a sale where you can buy 3 books for the price of 2. If you want to buy 9 books, how much will you spend?

• $90

• $120

• $75

• $60

Tom has $50. He spends $x on a video game and $10 on snacks. If he has $20 left, how much did he spend on the video game?

• 30

• 20

• 25

• 15

A swimming pool is being filled with water. It fills at a rate of 5 gallons per minute. If it takes 30 minutes to fill the pool, how many gallons of water does the pool hold?

• 150 gallons

• 75 gallons

• 100 gallons

• 200 gallons

A school is organizing a field trip. The cost per student is $25, and there are 40 students going. If the school has a budget of $800, how much more money do they need to cover the trip?

• $150

• $300

• $100

• $200