Equations from word problems

Mallory bought pizza and soda for a party. If she spent $12.57 on the sodas and $10.95 for each pizza, how many pizzas did she buy if her total is $89.22?

• 10.95x + 12.57 = 89.22

• 12.57x + 10.95 = 89.22

• 89.22x -10.95 = 12.57

• 12.57 + 10.95 = 89.22

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Jim works at a local restaurant. He earns $8 an hour, plus tips. If Jim earned $350 last week, which included $270 in tips, how many hours did he work?

• 8/h + 270 = 350

• 350 = 270 + 8 + h

• 350 = 270 + 8h

• 350 -270 = h

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At a restaurant, Mike and his three friends decided to divide the bill evenly. If each person paid $13 then what was the total bill?

Which equation can you solve to determine the total amount of the bill?

• 4x = 13

• 13x = 4

• x/13 = 4

• x = 13/4

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Amy had $26 dollars to spend on school supplies. After buying 10 pens at the same price, she had $14.30 left. Write an equation to determine how much each pen cost.

• 14.30/p + 10 = 26

• 26/p = 24.30

• 10p - 14.30 = 26

• 14.30 + 10p = 26

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A delivery person uses a service elevator to bring boxes of books up to an office. The delivery person weighs 160 lbs and each box of books weighs 50 lbs. The maximum capacity of the elevator is 1000 lbs. How many boxes of books can the delivery person bring up at one time?

• 50x + 160 = 1000

• 50 + 160x = 1000

• 50x - 160 = 1000

• 50 - 160x = 1000

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A bowling league requires you to buy a bowling ball for $45 and pay $12 for each game. If you spent $117 total how many games did you play?

• 12x - 45 = 117

• 117 + 12x = -45

• 12x + 45 = 117

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Anna started a dog walking business. So far she has $117. She spent $45 on supplies and charges $12 per hour. How many hours has she worked so far?

• 12x - 45 = 117

• 117 + 12x = -45

• 12x + 45 = 117

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The sum of 117 and 12 times a number is negative 45. What is the number?

• 12x - 45 = 117

• 117 + 12x = -45

• 12x + 45 = 117

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Bob was given a $720 gift card for his birthday. He bought some video games that cost $45 each and now he has $180 left on the card. How many video games did he buy?

• 720 - 45x = 180

• 720 - 180x = 45

• 45x - 180 = 720

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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
• 4+x=472

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