Two Step Equation Word Problem

Mike owns a website which has subscription worth $807.43. He charges $x as subscription fee. A customer cancels his subscription and Mike refunds the amount. Mike has a subscription fee worth $659.86 now.

• 659.86 – x = 807.43

• 807.43x + 147.57 = 699.86

• 807.43 – x = 659.86

• 699.86x + 147.57 = 807.43

Polly is planning a cruise to the Bahamas. She has $25 on January 1st and saves $x every week for 40 weeks straight. She has now saved up a total of $825.

• 25x + 40 = 825

• 40x – 25 = 825

• 825 + 40x = 25

• 25 + 40x = 825

Sean is employed as a truck driver. He drives x hours in a week and is paid $21.6 per hour. He earns a total of $1114 in a week which includes a food allowance of $250.

• 21.6x – 250 = 1114

• 21.6x + 250 = 1114

• 250x + 21.6 = 1114

• 21.6x + 1114 = 250

The parking lot at Dollar General has a total of 54 parking spaces. x parking spaces were occupied by the employees of the supermarket. 36 spaces were reserved exclusively for the customers.

• 54 – x = 36

• 36x – 18 = 54

• 36 – x = 54

• 54x + 18 = 36

8 groups of students from Dominic’s school were dropped to an exhibition by school buses accompanied by 6 teachers. There are x students in each group. A total of 294 Dominicans visited the exhibition.

• 8x + 6 = 294

• 8x + 294 = 6

• 8x – 6 = 294

Sam decides to run a few errands in the neighborhood as he wants to save up money to buy a video game that is priced at $59.88. He mows the community lawn for x hours for which he earns $10 per hour. He also cleans the community pool and gets $25.56 for the job done.

• 25.56x – 10 = 59.88

• 25.56 + 10x = 59.88

• 10x – 25.56 = 59.88

• 59.88 + 10x = 25.56

The balance in Jamie’s checking account in the month of June was thrice the amount of what it was in the month of May. He swiped his card for $70 in the restaurant which caused his account to be overdrawn by $9.

• 3x + 70 = 9

• 3x – 70 = 9

• 3x + 70 = –9

• 3x – 70 = –9

Marion and her sister Elaine are saving up to buy a DSLR camera. Marion has saved up $299.99 in her account. Elaine sets aside her weekly allowance over a five week period to buy the camera that costs $799.99. Calculate Elaine’s weekly allowance.

• 299.99 + 5x = 799.99

• 5x - 299.99 = 799.99

• 299.99 + 799.99 = 5x

• 799.99 - 5x = 299.99

Mrs. Hayden buys a few yards of fleece fabric. She uses 4.56 yards to make fleece hats which amounts to one-third of the remaining fabric. How many yards of fabric did she buy initially?

Dalia bought a few swirl marbles and divided it equally among four of her friends and her brother, Jake. While playing, Jake lost 2 marbles and has only 7 marbles at present. Find how many marbles did Dalia buy in all.