Two-Step Word Problems

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2 Later, she gave two to each of her friends. She only has 8 remaining. How manyfriends does she have?8) Imani spent half of her weekly allowanceplaying mini-golf. To earn more money herparents let her wash the car for $4. What isher weekly allowance if she ended with$12?-1- V k2n0h122F mKUuft0aC gSAoMfetpwvadrReN h lA5l7lq Krkiug6hNtesd M EMfaUdAem 0wdimtBhw 4 IKnLfAipnBittbev by Kuta Software LLC9) Aliyah had some candy to give to her fourchildren. She first took ten pieces forherself and then evenly divided the restamong her children. Each child receivedtwo pieces. With how many pieces did shestart?10) How old am I if 400 reduced by 2 times myage is 244?11) Jill sold half of her comic books and thenbought sixteen more. She now has 36. Withhow many did she begin?12) For a field trip 4 students rode in cars andthe rest filled nine buses. How manystudents were in each bus if 472 studentswere on the trip?

3 13) On Tuesday Shanice bought five hats. OnWednesday half of all the hats that she hadwere destroyed. On Thursday there wereonly 17 left. How many did she have onMonday?14) The Cooking Club made some pies to sell ata basketball game to raise money for thenew math books. The cafeteria contributedfour pies to the sale. Each pie was then cutinto five pieces and sold. There were a totalof 60 pieces to sell. How many pies did theclub make?-2- J B210W1c2J sKluLtkay CSYoTfHtjwBa5rEeq Q zAvl3lH crci5gYhLtosx 1 LMGaFdEeg kw4iptmhI DIVnnfmijnlibtXe0 by Kuta Software LLCKuta Software - Infinite Pre-AlgebraName_____ Period____Date_____Two-Step Equation Word Problems1) 331 students went on a field trip. Six buseswere filled and 7 students traveled in cars. How many students were in each bus?542) Aliyah had $24 to spend on seven pencils. After buying them she had $10. How muchdid each pencil cost?

4 $23) The sum of three consecutive numbers is 72. What are the smallest of these numbers?234) The sum of three consecutive even numbersis 48. What are the smallest of thesenumbers?145) You bought a magazine for $5 and fourerasers. You spent a total of $25. Howmuch did each eraser cost?$56) Maria bought seven boxes. A week laterhalf of all her boxes were destroyed in a fire. There are now only 22 boxes left. Withhow many did she start?377) Sumalee won 40 super bouncy balls playinghorseshoes at her school's game night. Later, she gave two to each of her friends. She only has 8 remaining. How manyfriends does she have?168) Imani spent half of her weekly allowanceplaying mini-golf. To earn more money herparents let her wash the car for $4. What isher weekly allowance if she ended with$12?$16-1- z g2o0r1J2p oKXugtyag xSUoxfqtFwLaxrWe0 k kAFlmlB FrziRgvhTtAsU U KMxaBdeei nwyiDtHhy aI7nuf9i8nniatreD by Kuta Software LLC9) Aliyah had some candy to give to her fourchildren.

5 She first took ten pieces forherself and then evenly divided the restamong her children. Each child receivedtwo pieces. With how many pieces did shestart?1810) How old am I if 400 reduced by 2 times myage is 244?7811) Jill sold half of her comic books and thenbought sixteen more. She now has 36. Withhow many did she begin?4012) For a field trip 4 students rode in cars andthe rest filled nine buses. How manystudents were in each bus if 472 studentswere on the trip?5213) On Tuesday Shanice bought five hats. OnWednesday half of all the hats that she hadwere destroyed. On Thursday there wereonly 17 left. How many did she have onMonday?2914) The Cooking Club made some pies to sell ata basketball game to raise money for thenew math books. The cafeteria contributedfour pies to the sale. Each pie was then cutinto five pieces and sold. There were a totalof 60 pieces to sell. How many pies did theclub make?

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