Solving Real-Life Two-Step Equations and Contexts

A store sells notebooks for $3 each and pens for $2 each. If you buy a total of 8 items and spend $20, how many notebooks did you buy?

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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?

• 20

• 25

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A movie theater charges $10 for adult tickets and $5 for child tickets. If a family buys 4 tickets and spends $35, how many adult tickets did they buy?

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

• 20

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A gardener plants 3 rows of flowers. Each row has the same number of flowers, and the total number of flowers is 24. How many flowers are in each row?

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A book costs $15, and a magazine costs $5. If you buy 3 books and some magazines for a total of $60, how many magazines did you buy?

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Samantha has 4 times as many stickers as her brother. If her brother has z stickers and together they have 100 stickers, how many stickers does Samantha have?

• 60

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• 20

• 80

A pizza place sells small pizzas for $8 and large pizzas for $12. If a customer buys 2 large pizzas and some small pizzas for a total of $48, how many small pizzas did they buy?

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A school has 200 students. If 30% of them are in the band, how many students are in the band?

• 100

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• 80

A farmer has chickens and cows. If the number of cows is 3 more than twice the number of chickens and there are 15 animals in total, how many cows does the farmer have?

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