Equation Word Problems

Demi is selling lemonade this month. The first week she made $120. The second week she made $123 and the third week she made$157. How much money did Demi make altogether?

• $400

• $300

• $390

• $490

PART A: Gretchen is buying lunch for the weekend. Each water bottle costs $4 and each bag of apples costs $5. Which of the following equations can be used to find, h, the total cost of 3 water bottles and 4 bags of apples?

• (4+3) x (5+3) = h

• (4x3) x (5x3) = h

• (4+5) + (3+4)= h

• (4x3) + (5x4) = h

PART B: Gretchen is buying lunch for the weekend. Each water bottle costs $4 and each bag of apples costs $5. What is the total cost of 3 water bottles and 4 bags of apples Gretchen spends?

• $16

• $31

• $32

• $9

Jason waters his garden with 132 gallons of water. Drew uses 7 times as much water to water his garden. How many gallons of water do Drew and Jason used altogether?

• 139 gallons

• 125 gallons

• 924 gallons

• 1,056 gallons

Al has 52 dollars. Henry has 4 times as many dollars. How many dollars do Al and Henry have altogether?

• 58 dollars

• 260 dollars

• 208 dollars

• 158 dollars

Anne wants to buy the same amount of pizza slices for 5 of her friends. She has $51 and each slice of pizza costs $4. What is the greatest amount of slices of pizza each friend can get?

• 2 slices

• 3 slices

• 12 slices

• 4 slices

Heather has $25. She is shopping for shoes that cost $6 each. She writes the following equation to model the situation.

25 ÷ 6 = 4 r 1

What does the 1 represent in the equation?

• The amount of shoes Heather could not buy

• The amount of shoes Heather did buy

• The amount of money Heather spent on the shoes.

• The amount of money Heather has left over.

Frank is going to Target. He pays for 6 race cards and 3 bouncy balls with a $50 bill. The price for a race car is $4. He receives $5 in change.

What is the cost, in dollars, of one bouncy ball?

Hint use a bar model to help you.

• $21

• $29

• $5

• $7

Mr. Jones is planting 46 seeds in his garden. He is planting the seeds in 6 rows. There are 8 seeds in the first 5 rows. How many seeds are in the 6th row?

• 40 seeds

• 11 seeds

• 6 seeds

• 48 seeds

Abby bought 3 puzzles and 4 games and spent between $30 and $40. Each puzzle cost $6. What is the least amount Abby could spend on each game?

• $2

• $3

• $4