Write Equations Based on Situations

Which of the following problems can be solved by using the equation

x + 5 = 24

• Claire had 24 dolls in her collection. She added five more to it. How many dolls does she now have in her collection?

• Lindsey has 5 times as many crayons as her sister. Her sister has 24 crayons. How many crayons does Lindsey have?

• Jameson earned $5 in tips on Monday delivering packages. For the rest of the week earned $24 in tips. How much did James earn in tips for the entire week?

• Melissa received a gift of of 5 magazines to add to her collection. That brought the total number of magazines to 24. How many did she have before she received her gift?

Which problem situation matches this equation?

74.80 = 8x

• Karen got $8 per hour for babysitting. Find x, the amount she was paid for 8 hours.

• The cost of a video game is $74.80. Find x, the amount Josh needs to be the game if he had $8.

• 8 friends spent $74.80 each pay for a camping trip. Find x, the total amount they paid.

• Charlene got a paycheck for $74.80 for 8 hours of work. Find x, the amount she was paid per hour.

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Brenda's gym charged $10 fee to join plus $29 per month. She calculated that the gym has cost her a total of $155 since she joined. Which equation could be used to determine the number of months(m) Brenda has been going to the gym?

• 10m + 29 = 155

• 10 + 29 = 155m

• 10 + 29m = 155

• m + 29 = 155 - 10

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Scott's Automotive charges $35 for each car plus $7 per hour. Write an equation that represents this scenario if Kylie was charged $63.

• 35x + 7 = 63

• 7x = 63

• 7x - 35 = 63

• 7x + 35 = 63

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Which problem situation best matches the equation below?

 $\frac{x}{4}=24$  

• The room Jean plans to use for her party has 24 tables. She wants to seat 4 guests at each table. What is x, the total number who can be seated at the tables?

• Lena has a total of 24 photos. She want to attach 4 photographs to each page of an album. What is x, the number of pages she will need for the photo album

• Mike has a total of 24 comic books. He plans to sell them to a friend. What is x, the number of comic books Mike will have left?

• Kim has 24 toy cars in her collection. She want to buy 4 more. If Kim buys the 4 cars, what is x, the number of toy cars she will have in her collection?

Tammy made a deposit of d dollars in to her back account. Her old balance was $100, and her new balance is $280.

• d-100=280
• 280-d=100
• 100+d=280
• 280+d=100

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Pete mows lawns for 15 dollars per hour (h). Write an equation that represents the relationship between hours mowed and total profit (p).

• 15p = h

• ph = 15

• 15h = p

• 15 + h = p

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Orange Box charges $3.00 to rent a movie. Write an equation to represent the cost of renting x movies.

• y= 3.00x

• x= 3.00y

• y=1.5x

• y=3.00x + 3

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