Equation Word Problems

You bought a magazine for $8 and 6 erasers.  If you spent a total of $11, then how much did each eraser cost?

• $3.00
• $2.00
• $.50
• $.625

You decide to rent a bike for $25 plus $3.00 per hour.  If you spent a total of $40.00, how many hours did you rent the bike?

• 1 hour
• 4 hours
• 2 hours
• 5 hours

You want to buy a new pair of shoes that costs $95.00.  You have already saved up $27.00 and you plan to save $4 per week.  How many weeks until you have enough money to buy the shoes?

• 68 weeks
• 17 weeks
• 91 weeks
• 64 weeks

A group of 8 friends went to a basketball game. They each buy a ticket and decide to share a big bag of popcorn.  One bag of popcorn cost $12.00.  The total cost for all their tickets and one bag of popcorn was $84.00.  How much did each person spend on a ticket?

• $9.00
• $7.00
• $12.00
• $15.00

For a field trip, 13 students rode in cars and the rest filled seven buses.  How many students were in each bus if 251 students were on the trip?

• 231
• 5
• 65
• 34

Half of your baseball card collection got wet and was ruined.  Bought 11 cards to replace some that were lost.  How many did you begin with if you now have 31?

• 40
• 51
• 73
• 62

Paul bought a notebook for $2.50 and 3 pencils.  He spent a total of $5.47.  How much did each pencil cost? 

• $.99
• $2.97
• $7.97
• $1.17

You bought a magazine for $5 and four erasers. You spent a total of $29. Which equation could you solve to find out how much each eraser cost?

• 5 + x = 29
• 5 + 4x = 29

• 5x = 29
• 29 = 5x + 4

Todd caught three times as many fish this year than last year. He caught 63 fish by the end of the year. Which algebraic equation represents how many fish he caught last year? 

• 3f = 63
• 63 - f = 3

• 3 - f = 63

• 3 + f = 63

A toy company spends $1500 per day for factory expenses plus $8 to make each teddy bear.  They spent $12,000 one day.  Which equation could be used to find the number of bears t the company has made that day?

• 1500 + 8t = 12000

• 12000 + 8t = 1500

• 1500 - 8t = 12000

• 8t - 12000 = 1500