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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. The 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.

Which problem situation best matches the equation below?

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?

Write an equation for the given situation. The total number of piano lessons (p) minus the 3 completed lessons equals 15.

• 15 - p = 3

• 3 + 15 = p

• 3 - p = 15

• p - 3 = 15

• Joanna spends $50 to buy a cardigan for $20 and 3 identical T-shirts. Howmuch did each T-shirt cost?
• Carolyn is swimming a total of 50 feet. If she swims 20 feet in 3 attempts, how far does she have left to swim?
• Anita has 50 cards. She divides them equally among her three friends and keeps the remainder. How many cards does she give to each friend and how many does she keep?
• Kim bought 3 boxes of strawberries for $20 and sold them for $50. How much did she earn on each box?

Last Friday Jennifer had $23. Over the weekend she received some money for a good report card. She now has $41. Write an equation to expression how much money Jennifer received?

• $23 x r = $41

• $23 + r = $41

• $23 - $41 = r

• $23/r = $41

Molly won 40 pieces of gum playing horseshoes. After giving some away she only has 13 remaining. Write an equation to expression mow many she gave away?

• 40 x g = 13

• 40 + 13 = g

• 40 - g = 13

• 40/g = 13

Each pack of gum costs $2. Gerry spent $18 on gum. Write an equation to express how many packs of gum he bought.

• $2 x p = $18

• $2 + $18 = p

• $2/p = $18

• $18 - $2 = p