Equation Word Problems Class Practice

Hailey bought a book for $2.50 and 4 stickers. She spent a total of 6.59. How much did the stickers cost?

• $2.50 + 4s =$6.59

• $2.50s + 4 = $6.59

• $2.50 - 4s = $6.59

Jenna earns $15.00 a month for allowance. How many months will it take her to save $105.00?

• $15.00 + w = $105.00

• $15.00 - w = $105.00

• $15.00w = $105.00

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

Lisa is cooking muffins. The recipe calls for 7 cups of sugar. She has already put in 2 cups. How many more cups does she need to put in?

• 2 + n = 7

• n - 7 = 2

• 2 - n = 7

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

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Natalie is a softball coach. She has a pitching private lesson with Kasey. Kasey's mom pays Natalie $11 per hour plus a $6 tip. Write an equation that represents this scenario if the total cost was $39.

• 11x + 6 = 39

• 11x - 6 = 39

• 11 + 6x = 39

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

A computer printer can print 10 pages per minute. There were already 35 pages in the tray. The total pages printed was 115 pages. How many minutes has the printer been running?

• 8

• 9

• 7

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

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

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

The Frederick County Fair costs $15.00 to get in and $2.50 per ride, while the Montgomery County Fair costs $10.00 to get in and $3.00 per ride. Which equation would be used to determine how many rides you would need to go on for both fairs to be of equal value? **Set them both equal to each other.

• 15x + 2.5 = 10x + 3

• 15 - 2.5x = 10 - 3x

• 15 + 2.5x = 10 + 3x

How do we solve equations?

• Guessing and hope it works out.

• Inverse operations.

• Simplifying.

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CCSS.HSA.REI.A.1