5.4B - Representing Equations for Multi-step Problems

The earned $500 selling food at a carnival. He earned $260 selling nachos and the rest selling hot dogs for $2 each. Theo used this equation to find h, the number of hot dogs he sold at the carnival.

h = (500 - 260) ÷ 2

How many hot dogs did Theo sell at the carnival?

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Mr. Gonzales is putting in a fence around the perimeter of a playground.

The perimeter of the playground is 144 feet.

Each section of the fence is 4 feet long and costs $12.

Which equation can Mr. Gonzales use to find b, the cost of the sections of fences he needs for the playground?

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A family spent $93 at a carnival.

They spent $18 on tickets to the carnival and $36 on Food.

They spend the rest of the money on games.

Which equation can be used to find g, the amount of money in dollars the family spent on games?

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Three friends rode their bike last week.

Christine rode her bike 27 kilometers.

Phillip rode his bike 12 kilometers less than Christine.

Nathan rode his bike 3 times as far as Phillip.

Which equation represents n, the distance in kilometers Nathan rode his bike?

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

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An elementary school had 90 boxes of glue sticks. Each box had 36 glue sticks. Teachers put all of the glue sticks into bags to give to the students. They put 6 glue sticks into each bag.

Which equation can be used to find b, the number of bags the teachers can fill with these glue sticks?

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A basketball team scored points by making baskets worth different numbers of points during a game.

The team made 6 baskets worth 3 points each.

The team made 21 baskets worth 2 points each.

The team scored 16 points by making baskets worth 1 point each.

This equation can be used to find p, the total number of points the basketball team scored during the game.

p = 6(3) + 21(2) + 16

What is the total number of points the basketball team scored during the game?

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A business that rents cars is open for 8 hours on Monday. On Monday morning the business had 45 cars.

The business rented 3 cars to customers during each of the first 5 hours.

The business rented 2 cars to customers during each of the next 3 hours.

The total number of cars that were bought back to the business by customers on Monday was 17.

In which equation does c represent the number of cars the business had at the end of the day on Monday?

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A jar contains 110 coins. There are 15 quarters and 62 nickels. The rest of the coins are dimes. Which equation can be used d, the total number of dimes in the jar?

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Enzo practiced the violin for 30 minutes on all 7 days last week. This week, he practiced 35 minutes on all 7 days.

Which equation can be used to find m, the total number of minutes Enzo practiced the violin during these two weeks?

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