MISC
Two Step
Combining Like Terms/Distributive Property
Variables on Two Sides
Word Problems
100

2/x=40/4

What is x = 

1/5

100

1.5x+1.3x= -8.4

What is x = -3

100

Nora drives into the city to buy a software program at a computer store.  Because of traffic conditions, she averages only 15 mph.  On her drive home she averages 35 mph.  If the total travel time is 2 hours, how long does it take her to drive to the computer store?

1.4 hours or 84 minutes

100
5t - 4= t - 8
What is t=-1?
100

Lindsay went to the mall with a total of $55.60.  If she has $12.38 when she returns home, how much money did Lindsay spend at the mall?

What is $43.22

200

(x-10)/6= (x+2)/8

What is x = 46

200

Solve

y = mx + b for x

What is

(y-b)/m=x

200

3y + 9 = 18x, solve for y

What is y = 6x -3

200

-2(-5x-12)=5(2x+4) + 4

What is 24 = 24

IMS

200

You purchase 5 sets of markers and a pack of construction paper at the store.  The cost of the construction paper is $3.39 per pack.  Your total, before tax, is $38.39. How much did each pack of markers cost?

What is $7

300

6y – 12 = 12x, solve for y

What is y = 2x+2

300

4=3/4 m-6

40/3

300

5(4x-2)= -10(-2x+1)

-10 = -10 

IMS

300
6d + 1 = 15 - d
What is d= 2?
300

The sum of three consecutive integers is 147.  Find the integers.

48, 49, 50

400

A cellular phone company charges a $27.95 monthly fee and $0.12 per minute for local calls.  Another company charges $12.95 a month and $0.32 per minute for local calls.  For what number of minutes of local calls are the costs of the plans the same?

What is 75 minutes

400

vx = z, solve for x

What is x = z/v

400

1/2x + 1/3x = 10

What is x = 12

400

3/4k = 3/4 - 1/4k

What is k = 3/4

400

A train leaves a train station at 1 P.M. It travels at an average rate of 72 mph.  A high speed train leaves the same station an hour later.  It travels at an average rate of 90 mph.  The second train follows the same route as the first train on a track parallel to the first.  In how many hours will the second train catch up with the first train?

What is 4 hours

500

Two airplanes depart from an airport traveling in opposite directions.  The second airplane is 200 miles per hour faster than the first airplane.  After 2 hours, they are 1,110 miles apart.  Find the speeds of the airplanes.

What is 177.5 mph and 377.5 mph

500

3/5 w- 1/5 w+10=4

What is w = -15

500

(x+4)/4= (x-8)/6


What is x= -28

500

3(4x-5)+ 2= -4(3/2- 4x)

What is x = 

-7/4

500

The width of a rectangle is 2 cm less than its length.  The perimeter of the rectangle is 16 cm.  What is the length of the rectangle?

What is L = 5cm

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