Equations Word Problems

• 10 months

• 7 months

• 5 months

• Stays the same

• 18

• 5

• 15

• 8

• -7

• 7

• 1

• -1

• 25

• 10

• 50

• 75

• A

• B

• C

• D

You want to buy a car and you've decided to pay cash instead of taking a loan. The car you want to buy is $6,000. You have already saved $1,300. If your job pays $18 per hour, then how many more hours will you need to work to buy the car? What is missing from this equation: _____________________ = 6000

• h + 1300

• h - 1300

• 1300 + 18h

• 1300 - 18h

Answer explanation

1300 + 18h = 6000 is the best equation. The total you need to have is 6000. The amount of money that you have is 1300 (what you saved) plus 18 x hours worked.

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 brought 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?

• 0. c = 45−(5+3)−(3+2)+17

• 0. c = 45−(5×3)−(3×2)−17

• 0. c = 45−(5+3)−(3+2)−17

• 0. c = 45−(5×3)−(3×2)+17

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• -14

• -7

• 1/14

• -1/7

• 6.25x + 30 > 9.75x + 12

• 6.25x + 30 < 9.75x + 12

• 6.25 + 30x > 9.75 + 12x

• 6.25 + 30x < 9.75 + 12x