Equation from Word Problem

Easy Car Rental charges $8.50 an hour plus a rental fee of $25.50.

• y = 8.5 + 25.5

• y = 8.5x + 25.5

• y = 8.5 + 25.5x

• y = 8.5x + 25.5x

Lance is buying new things for his room. He wants some posters and a new rug. He spent $44.50 total. If the rug costs $27 and the posters cost $2.50 each, how many did he buy?

• 44.5 = 2.5x - 27

• 44.5 - 2.5 = 27x

• 27x + 2.5 = 44.5

• 2.5x + 27 = 44.5

Casey has $50 to spend at Best Buy. She wants to buy a DVD for $14 and some CDs that cost $12 each. How many CDs can she buy?

• 12 + 14x = 50

• 12x + 14 = 50

• 50 - 14 - 12 = x

• 50x + 12 = 14

A plumber charges $50 to make a house call plus $40 for each hour worked. What is the expression and what does he make if he worked 5 hours?

• 50x + 40; $290

• 50x + 40x; $450

• 50 + 40x; $250

• 90x; $450

Write the equation that represents this word problem:
Miles makes tacos at a restaurant. He has already made 8 tacos, and can make 3 tacos per minute.

• y= 8x + 3x

• y= 3x + 8

• y= 8x + 3

• y= 3 + 8

• Answer Not Here

Write the equation that represents this word problem: Nora owes her parents $400 for a computer, so she babysits for $10 per hour.

• y= 10x + 400

• y= -10x - 400

• y=10x - 400

• y= -10x + 400

• Answer Not Here

Write the equation that represents this word problem:

Nicholas received $100 for his birthday. He decides to spend $20 per day on whatever he wants.

• y= 20x + 100

• y= -20x - 100

• y= 20x - 100

• y= -20x + 100

• Answer Not Here

Write the equation that represents this word problem:

Quincy notices that a tree grows by about one inch every month since bought it. When he bought the tree, it was 18 inches tall.

• y= 18x + 1

• y= 18x - 1

• y= x + 18

• y= x - 18

• Answer Not Here

Sonya has $40 in her lunch account and pays $2 each day to eat lunch. Which equation can be used to find the amount of money Sonya has left on her account after x days?

• y = 40 + 2x

• y = - 2x + 40

• y = 2 + 40x

• y = 2 - 40x

A man is climbing down from 100 feet high descending 30 feet per minute.

• y = - 30x + 100

• y = 100 + 30x

• y = 100x + 30

• y = 100x - 30