Multi Step Part 1
On a test, Ben scores 6 points on each of the first three questions and 4 points on each of the other two questions. How many points does Ben score on all five questions?
26 points
Mrs. Barker buys tickets to the school play. She buys 2 adult tickets for $8 each and 3 child tickets for $5 each. She uses a coupon for $2 off the total amount. Write an equation to represent the total amount Mrs. Barker pays for tickets. Show your work.
C = (2X8) + (3X5) - 2
Adam wants to buy the same number of puppets for 4 of his friends. He has $53, and each puppet cost $2. Write and solve an equation to find how many puppets Adam can buy for each friend. Show your work.
6 R 5
Adam can buy 6 puppets for each friend.
Taylor earns $5 each time she walks her neighbor's dog. She has already $25. Write and solve an equation to find out how many more times Taylor needs to walk the dog to earn enough to buy a bike that costs $83.
11 R 3
In a video game, Adrien earns 5 bonus spins on each of the first three levels and 2 bonus spins on each of the next three levels. How many bonus spins does Adrien earn on all six levels?
21 bonus spins
A bike rental is $3 for an hour. The rental for a day is 6 times as much. Caroline rents a bike for 1 day and 2 hours. How much money does she use on the nike rental?
m = (3X6) + (3X2)
Beth earns $8 each time she rakes the yard. She has earned $24 so far. Write and solve and equation to show how many more times Beth needs to rake the yard to earn enough to buy a music player that cost $45.
2 R 5
Beth needs to rake the yard 3 more times.
Tia sells 47 boxes of oranges for a fundraiser. Tim sells 12 fewer boxes than Tia. How many more boxes of oranges does Time need to sell in order to sell 60 boxes?
25
Beth is paid $4 for each hour she babysits. Mrs. Becker pays him for 5 hours of babysitting. On the way home, Beth spends $9 on a book and $6 on a puzzle. Write an equation to find how much money Beth has left from the money Mrs. Becker pays her.
m= (4X5) - (9+6)
Zara goes to the book fair and buys 3 comic books for $5 each, 2 chapter books for $9 each, 4 posters for $2 each, and 1 picture book for $7. Write and equation that can be used to find how much Zara spends at the book fair.
z = (3X5) + (2X9) + (4X2) + 7
Megan found 15 pieces of sea glass on the beach. The next day she found 4 more pieces than she found the day before. Write and solve an equation to find how many pieces of glass she found altogether. Estimate to check that your answer is reasonable.
34
19 round to 20 and 15 + 20 is 35, so the answer 34 is reasonable.
Gabe owns 27 fiction books and 23 nonfiction books. Each shelf can hold 8 books. How many shelves does Gabe need for all of his books? Interpret the remainder.
6 R 2
Gabe will need 7 shelves.
There are 4 vans and 2 cars going to a school. Each van carries 9 people. Each car carries 3 people. Write an equation to represent the number of people who travel in a van, v. Then write an equation to represent the total number of people who go to the museum, t.
v = 4X9. t= v + (2X3)
Ms. Dennis packs up the books in her classroom for the summer. Each box holds 9 books. She has 24 math books and 27 science books to pack in boxes. How many boxes does Ms. Dennison need for her books.
6 boxes
Ticket prices for a 3-D movie are $10 for a child and $15 for an adult. One adult spends $55 to take a group of children to the movies. Write and solve an equation to find how many children go to the movies.
C = 4
Mark spends $36 at a basketball game. He buys a T-shirt for $22. He also buys a bottle of water for $4 and 2 tacos. What is the cost of each taco?
$5
Ben has 28 markers. His sister has 3 markers. They buy 3 more boxes of markers. Each box has 8 markers. What is the total number of markers that Ben and his sister have.
28 + 33 + (3X8)
85
Cadence shops for hiking gear. She picks out a $95 tent, a pair of boots for $54, and a $38 backpack. She has $200 to spend on gear. Does she have enough money for the hiking gear?
13 dollars left over
A pet store has 18 rabbits. That is 3 times the number of cats the store has. Write and solve an equation to find how many rabbits and cats the store has altogether. Check the reasonableness of your answer.
There are 24 cats and rabbits.
18 rounds to 20, 20 + 6 = 26. 26 is close to 24.
Ethan is planting flowers in flower boxes. Each flower box can hold 4 flowers. Ethan will plant 25 red flowers and 13 white flowers in the flower boxes.
Part A: Write and solve an equation to find the fewer number of flower boxes Ethan will need to plant all of the flowers.
9 R 2
Ethan will need 10 flower boxes.