Writing Equations Practice

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
• 50m - 20 = 290

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A bag of candy was shared equally among 4 friends.  Each friend gave away 7 pieces of candy.  They each ended up with 8 pieces of candy.  Write an equation to find how much candy was in the bag at the beginning.

• c/7 - 4 = 8
• c/4 + 7 = 8
• 4/c - 7 = 8
• c/4 - 7 = 8

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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
• 66x = 39

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Floyd is an aspiring music artist. He has a record contract that pays him a base rate of $200 a month and an additional $12 for each album that he sells. Last month he earned a total of $644.

• 200x + 12 = 644

• 200x + 12x = 644

• 200 + 644 = 12x

• 200 + 12x = 644

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Jack's mother gave him 50 chocolates to give to his friends at his birthday party. He gave 3 chocolates to each of his friends and still had 2 chocolates left.

Write an equation to determine the number of friends at Jack's party.

• 50 - 3 / x = 2

• 50 / 3x = 2

• 50 - 3x = 2

• 50x - 3x = 2

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Josh is hiking Glacier National Park. He has now hiked a total of 17 km and is 2 km short of being 1/2 of the way done with his hike.

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Write an equation to determine the total length in kilometers of Josh's hike.

• 17 = 1/2 h - 2

• 17 = 1/2 - 2h

• 17 = 2h + 1/2

• 17= 2 + 1/2h

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Lisa finished a race in 58 seconds. This was 4 seconds faster than her best practice time. What was Lindsey's best practice time?

• t + 4 = 58

• t - 4 = 58

• 4t = 58

• t/4 = 58

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At Pierce County Middle School, there are 5 art classes with 24 students in each class. How many students altogether are in the art classes?

• s - 5 = 24

• s + 5 = 24

• 5s = 24

• s/5 = 24

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What equation is modeled?

• 2x -6 = 13

• x + 6 = 13

• 6x = 13

• x - 6 = 13

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What equation is modeled?

• 2x = -4

• 2x = 4

• 2+x = 4

• x+2=4

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