Word Problems

Anna's Bakery charges a delivery fee of $10.95 for one delivery order of cupcakes. Each cupcake order costs $1.15. What is the equation that describes the relationship between the number of cupcakes ordered (x) and the total cost (y), in dollars, of the delivery order?

Joan has a gym gift card worth $100. Each time she visits the gym, $12 is deducted from the amount remaining on the gift card.

A. Write an equation that can be used to determine the amount of money (m), in dollars, remaining on the gift card after Joan visits the gym d times?

B. How many times can she go to the gym before the gift card runs out?

Keyshawn buys 100 baseball cards to start a collection. He purchases 25 more baseball cards each week.

A. Write an equation to represent the number of baseball cards (b) in Keyshawns collection after w weeks.

B. How many baseball cards will Keyshawn have after 5 weeks?

Which equation describes the graph?

What distance, in miles, is Karl from his house when he starts biking?

You are starting your own tutoring company. You spend $500 on supplies and charge $30 per hour of tutoring. How many hours will you have to work to to make a profit? (round to the nearest whole number)

Leo is catering a luncheon. He has $30 to spend on a mixture of Cheddar cheese and Swiss cheese. Cheddar costs $3 per pound and Swiss costs $5 per pound. He has $30 to spend on a mixture of cheddar cheese (c) and Swiss cheese (s).

a. Write a linear equation to represent the situation. ?

 

b. How many pounds of cheese can Ari buy if she buys only cheddar?

You have $300 to spend on concert tickets. Lawn seats (x) are $25 per ticket and reserved seats (y) are $100 per ticket. Which of the following is a possible solution for the number of tickets you can buy?

• (4,2)

• (16,-1)

• (9,0.75)

• (0,4)