Equations

The cost of a package of socks was $10. This is one sixth of the total money Julio spent at Kohl's. Which equation could be used to find the total amount of money Julio spent at Kohls?

• 10=x/6

• 10=6x

• 10=x+6

• 10=x-6

Four friends go out to Olive Garden for dinner. Each person contributes $20 for their meal. Which equation could be used to find the total cost that was paid for all of the dinners?

• x+4=20

• x-4=20

• 4x=20

• x/4=20

Janet read 240 pages of Divergent in 6 hours. Which equation shows how many pages she read in one hour?

• 6+x=240

• 6x=240

• x/6=240

• x-6=240

Lacy bought a T-shirt and shoes for a total of $55. The shoes cost $39.95. Which equation shows the cost of the shirt?

• x+39.95=55

• x-39.95=55

• x/39.95=55

• 39.95x=55

The students at an elementary school want to sell 210 tickets to the talent show. They have sold 54 already. Which equation could be used to find how many more tickets need to be sold?

• x-54=210

• 54x=210

• 54+x=210

• x/54=210

Tara has 5 pets. She has 3 cats, and the rest are dogs. Which equation shows the number of dogs Tara has?

• 5=3d

• 5=3+d

• 5=d-3

• 5=d/3

Terri bought 4 pounds of strawberries for $11. Which equation shows the cost per pound of strawberries?

• 4s=11

• s/4=11

• s-4=11

• s+4=11

Tom has 12 quarters. This amount is 3 times as many dimes as he has. Which equation shows how many dimes he has?

• 3x=12

• x/3=12

• 3+x=12

• x-3=12

Dave has 14 shirts. He has 6 fewer shirts than Cal. Which equation represents the number of shirts Cal has?

• c-6=14

• c-14=6

• 6c=14

• c/6=14

Allegra bought 3 new notebooks for school, and paid $2.49 for all of the notebooks. Which equation could be used to determine the cost of each notebook?

• n/3=2.49

• n+3=2.49

• 3n=2.49

• n-3=2.49