Equations to Word Problems

Eight more than three times a number is -26.  What is the number?

• 10

• -10

• 7

• -7.3

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

Jackie's mother is 28 years old.  This is eight more than 4 times Jackie's age.  How old is Jackie?

• 5

• 9

• 6

• 4

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

Five more than twice a number is -25. What is the number?

• -15

• 15

• 10

• -10

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

A baseball bat costs $41.  This is $9 more than four times the wholesale cost of the bat.  Find the bat's wholesale cost. 

• $8

• $12.50

• $19.25

• $50

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

Jasmine bought 6 CD's, all at the same price.  The tax on her purchase was $5.04 and the total was $85.74.  What was the price of each CD?

• $13.45

• $15.13

• $55.50

• $12.10

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

In his DVD collection, Domingo has eight more than twice as many animated movies as action movies.  He has 24 animated movies.  How many action movies does he have?

• 8

• 20

• 6

• 16

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

A toy company spends $1500 per day for factory expenses plus $8 to make each teddy bear.  They sell the teddy bears for $12 a piece.  Which equation could be used to find the number of bears t the company has to sell in one day to equal its daily cost?

• 1500 + 8t = 12

• 12 + 8t = 1500

• 1500 + 8t = 12t

• 8t = 12t + 1500

WRITE AN EQUATION
For a field trip 4 students rode in cars and the rest filled nine buses. How many students were in each bus if 472 students were on the trip?

• 4x=472

• 9x=472

• 4+9x=472

• 4+x=472

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Jason says that 10 less than one third of his age is 11 years old.  How old is Jason?

• 3 years old

• 7 years old

• 57 years old

• 63 years old

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

Scott works on cars. He charges $35 for each car plus $7 per hour. Write an equation that represents this scenario if Kylie's car bill was $63.

• 7x + 35 = 63

• 7x = 63

• 7x - 35 = 63

• 35x + 7 = 63

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3