Writing Equations

Front

The baby giraffe weighed 132 pounds at birth and reached 538 pounds in 7 months. How much did he gain each month? Which equation represents the situation?

Back

132 + 7x = 538

Front

41 + 15

Back

56

Front

Speedy Boat Rental charges a $15 deposit fee plus $2 for each hour of use to rent a paddle boat. Write an equation to find out how many hours, h, they rented the Boat if the total cost was $33.

Back

33 = 2h + 15

Front

17 less than 59

Back

42

Front

Equation to determine total cost, c, of a phone call that is m minutes long. Charges: $3.00 + $0.15 per minute.

Back

c = 3.00 + 0.15m

Front

Casey has $50 to spend at Best Buy. She wants to buy a DVD for $14 and some CDs that cost $12 each. What is the equation to determine how many CDs she can buy?

Back

12x + 14 = 50

Front

A club puts its members into 5 groups for an activity. After 7 students have to leave early, there are only 3 students left to finish the activity. How many students were in each group?

Back

5x - 7 = 3

Front

Six teams are out on the field playing soccer. The teams all have the same number of players. The head coach asks for 2 players from each team to come help him move some equipment. Now there are 78 players on the field. Write an equation to represent the situation.

Back

6(x-2) = 78

Front

Clare ran 4 miles on Monday. Then for the next six days, she ran the same distance each day. She ran a total of 22 miles during the week. How many miles did she run on each of the 6 days? Which equation represents the situation?

Back

6x + 4 = 22

Front

Six decreased by twice a number.

Back

6 - 2x