Word Problems

Your little sister has 8 pages of stickers and 16 extra stickers.  All together, she has 96 stickers.  How many stickers are on each page of stickers?

• 8 + 16 = 96
• 8x + 16 = 96
• 8 + 16x = 96
• 8x + 16x = 96

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

 Nicole and her best friend split the amount of money they earned over the weekend mowing lawns. If each person got $10.93, what is the total amount of money they earned? Which equation could you use to solve this problem?

• 2d=10.93
• d/2=10.93
• d-2=10.93
• d+2=10.93

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Nancy won a certain number of pieces of gum playing the bean bag toss at the county fair. At school she gave 21 away to her classmates. She only has 5 remaining. How many did she give away? Write an equation to solve this problem using g as your variable.

• g/21=5
• g-21=5
• g-5=21
• g+5=21

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

WRITE AN EQUATION
Aliyah had $24 to spend on seven pencils. After buying them she had $10. How much did each pencil cost?

• 24 - 10 = -7x
• 24 - 7x = 10
• -24 - 7x = -10
• 10 + x = 24

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Emily earns $14 per hour. Which equation represents how many hours she worked to earn $112? 

• 14h = 112
• h + 14 = 112
• 14 / h = 112
• h - 14 = 112

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Cadin rents a bouncy house for a birthday party.  It costs $30.00 plus $4.00 per hour.  If he spends a total of $78.00, how many hours did he keep the bouncy house?

• $30.00 - $78.00 = $4.00h
• $78.00 + $30.00 = $4.00h
• $30.00 + $4.00h = $78.00
• $30.00 - $4.00h = $78.00

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Jim paid a gym membership fee of $50, plus $20 per month.  Jim has paid a total of $290 to the gym.  Which equation matches this situation?

• 50 + 20m = 290
• 20 + 50m = 290
• 50 + 20 = m
• 50m - 20 = 290

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

WRITE AN EQUATION
On Tuesday Shanice bought five hats. On Wednesday half of all the hats that she had were destroyed. On Thursday there were only 17 left. How many did she have on Monday?

• x+5/2=17
• 5+0.5+x=17
• (x+5)/2=17

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WRITE AN EQUATION
For a field trip 4 students rode in cars and the rest filled nine buses. How many students were in each bus if 472 students were on the trip?

• 4x=472
• 9x=472
• 4+9x=472
• 4+x=472

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WRITE AN EQUATION
How old am I if 400 reduced by 2 times my age is 244?

• 400-2x=244
• 400+2x=244
• 400-244=2x
• 244-2x=400

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