Algebra Word Problem

Last Friday Trevon had $29. Over the weekend he received some money for cleaning the attic. He now has $41. Which equation(s) shows how to solve for how much money he received? Pick all that apply.

• 29x = 41

• x - 41 = 29

• 41 - x = 29

• 29 + x = 41

• x + 29 = 41

Lisa is cooking muffins. The recipe calls for 7 cups of sugar. She has already put in 2 cups. Select the equation that shows how to solve for how many she needs to put in.

• 2 + x = 7

• x - 2 = 7

• x - 7 = 2

• 7x = 2

One number is 4 times as large as another. Their sum is 45. What are the numbers? Select the two that apply.

• 6

• 9

• 12

• 27

• 36

Angela sold eight more new cars this year than Carmen. If together they sold a total of 88 cars, how many cars did Angela sell?

Yesterday, Sandy read 4 pages of her book. Today, she read 6 times as many pages. How many pages did she read today?

• 20

• 10

• 24

• 30

Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood. He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house. Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood. Which equation can be used to find p, the number of piles of wood Mr. Anderson made?

• p = (185 + 25) + 40

• p = (185 - 25) - 40

• p = (185 + 25) × 40

• p = (185 - 25) ÷ 40

Ben had 5 sheets of stickers. Each sheet had 12 stickers on it. Ben gave 23 stickers to his sister. He gave 16 stickers to his brother. Which equation can be used to determine s, how many stickers Ben has left?

• (5x12)-23-16=s

• (12+5)-23-16=s

• (5x12)-23+16=s

• (12x5)+23-16=s

Last week Julia ran 30 miles more than Pranav. Julia ran 47 miles. Which equation shows how many miles Pranav ran?

• x - 30 = 47

• x + 30 = 47

• 30x = 47

• 47x = 30

Jill sold half of her comic books and then bought sixteen more. She now has 36. Which equation shows how to solve the question: "With how many did she begin?"