Solve Two-Step Equation Word Problems

Jim paid a gym membership fee of $50, plus $20 per month. Jim has paid a total of $290 to the gym. Which equation matches this situation?

• 50 + 20m = 290

• 20 + 50m = 290

• 50 + 20 = m

• 50m - 20 = 290

Which equation would describe "two times a number plus five equals 15"?

• x + 5 = 15

• 2x + 5=15

• x + 2(5) = 15

• 2(x + 5) = 15

Tony is 3 years less than twice Joan's age. Tony is 27 years old. How old is Joan?

• 11

• 12

• 15

• 24

If 5 times a number increased by 30 is 15, what is the number?

• -15

• -3

• 3

• 9

James' age in years is five more than two times Kevin's age.  If James is 19 years old, how many years old is Kevin?

• 7

• 9

• 12

• 14

Laura is 3 years older than twice Joseph's age.  If Laura is 27 years old, how old is Joseph?

• 12

• 15

• 24

• 30

Shawn has $3 more than twice as much money as Peter.  If Shawn has $10, how much money does Peter have?

• $17.00

• $6.75

• $3.50

• $23.00

Sally bought three candy bars for a total of $18.00. How much did each candy bar cost? Write an equation to solve this problem. Use c as your variable.

• 18c=6

• c + 6= 18

• c +18 = 6

• 3c=18

A bag of candy was shared equally among 4 friends. Each friend gave away 7 pieces of candy. They each ended up with 8 pieces of candy. Write an equation to find how much candy was in the bag at the beginning.

• c/7 - 4 = 8

• c/4 + 7 = 8

• 4/c - 7 = 8

• c/4 - 7 = 8

Andrew has saved $55 toward the purchase of an IPOD. The IPOD costs $145. Which equation represents the amount Andrew needs to save to by the IPOD?

• 55 + x = 145

• 145x = 55

• 55 - x = 145

• 145 (55) = x