IXL | Choose two-step equations: word problems

Principal Olsen is planning the seventh-grade field trip to the aquarium. The school's activity fund will put

300

toward the trip. The remaining amount will be paid by the 200 students going on the trip. Each student will pay the same amount. When Principal Olsen called the aquarium for a quote, the guest service agent explained that the total cost of the trip will be

1,500

Which equation can Principal Olsen use to find how much,

each student will pay?

200

–

300

1,500

300

–

200

1,500

200

300

1,500

300

200

1,500

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Florence School's spring festival is coming up, and Ms. Gardner is in charge of ordering the seed kits again. She knows she ordered 5 cases of seed kits last year but can't remember how many kits come in a case. When she checks the records, Ms. Gardner finds that the school used 396 of the seed kits last year and had 54 left over after the festival.

Which equation can Ms. Gardner use to find how many seed kits,

come in each case?

396

–

396

–

396

solution

Read the problem.

Which equation can Ms. Gardner use to find how many seed kits,

come in each case?

Last year, Ms. Gardner ordered 5 cases with

seed kits in each case. 396 seed kits were used, and 54 were left over after the event. This equation represents the situation.

5 s	−	396	=	54

number of seed kits ordered		number of seed kits used		number of seed kits left over

The equation

–

396

can be used to find how many seed kits come in each case.

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