Solving Multistep Equations: Distributive Property & Like Terms

A store sells pencils for $2 each and erasers for $3 each. If you buy 4 pencils and 5 erasers, how much do you spend in total?

• 23

• 18

• 25

• 20

Maria has twice as many marbles as John. If John has x marbles and together they have 36 marbles, how many marbles does John have?

• 12

• 20

• 15

• 10

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?

• 10 cups of flour and 6 cups of sugar

• 12 cups of flour and 8 cups of sugar

• 8 cups of flour and 4 cups of sugar

• 15 cups of flour and 10 cups of sugar

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $50 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If you drive the car for m miles, write an equation for the total cost and find the cost if you drive 150 miles.

• $80

• $100

• $60

• $120

In a class, the number of boys is 5 more than twice the number of girls. If there are g girls, write an equation for the total number of students and find the total if there are 10 girls.

• 35

• 30

• 25

• 40

A gardener is planting flowers in rows. Each row has 6 flowers, and there are r rows. Write an equation for the total number of flowers and find the total if there are 8 rows.

• 48

• 60

• 54

• 36

A book costs $15 and a magazine costs $5. If you buy b books and m magazines, write an equation for the total cost and find the total if you buy 2 books and 3 magazines.

• 50

• 45

• 25

• 30

The perimeter of a rectangle is 50 meters. If the length is 5 meters more than the width, find the dimensions of the rectangle.

• Width: 8 meters, Length: 13 meters

• Width: 5 meters, Length: 10 meters

• Width: 12 meters, Length: 17 meters

• Width: 10 meters, Length: 15 meters

A school is selling tickets for a play. Adult tickets cost $10 and student tickets cost $5. If they sell a total of 100 tickets for $800, how many adult tickets were sold?

• 60

• 70

• 80

• 50

A box contains x apples and y oranges. If the total number of fruits is 30 and the number of apples is 10 more than the number of oranges, how many apples and oranges are in the box?

• 10 apples and 20 oranges

• 20 apples and 10 oranges

• 15 apples and 15 oranges

• 25 apples and 5 oranges