Linear Equations Standard Form Word Problems

Small bags of apples are $2 each and large bags of oranges are $6 each. A customer spends a total of $28.

If "x" is the number of bags of apples and "y" is the number of bags of oranges, which equation models this?

• 6x + 2y = 28

• 2x + 6y = 28

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Amy wants to buy soda AND pizza for her Halloween party. She has $45 to spend. One case of soda costs $4, and one pizza costs $8. Write an equation that could be used to find a valid combination for as many cases of soda, x, and pizzas, y, as she can afford.

• 8x + 4y = 45

• 4x - 8y = 45

• 12xy = 45

• 4x + 8y = 45

A store sells sodas for $2 each and chips for $1.50 each. You plan on spending $17.50 on drinks and snacks for you and your friends.

Which values will represent the coefficients "A" and "B"? Choose BOTH numbers.

• 17.50

• 2

• 1.50

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

You are selling drinks at the carnival to raise money. You sell lemonade for $2 per cup and orange drinks for $3 per cup. Your sales totaled $240. Let x be the number of cups of lemonade and y be the number of orange drinks.

Write an equation to represent the situation

• 2x - 3y = 240

• 3y - 2x = 240

• 2x + 3y = 240

• 2 + 3 = 240

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

You are selling drinks at the carnival to raise money. You sell lemonade for $2 per cup and orange drinks for $3 per cup. Your sales totaled $240. Let x be the number of cups of lemonade and y be the number of orange drinks. If you sold 60 cups of lemonade, how many cups of orange drink did you sell?

• 60

• 40

• 10

• 120

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8B

CCSS.HSA.REI.C.6

A holiday meal costs $12.50 a person plus a delivery fee of $30. Which equation represents the amount a holiday meal costs, including delivery, for x people?

• y = 12.5x + 30

• y = 12.5 + 30

• y = 12.5 + 30x

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

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

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

At a pet store, it costs $5 to wash a cat and $7.50 to wash a dog.  Last week, the store made $60 from washing cats and dogs.  If 6 cats were washed, write and solve a linear equation to find how many dogs were washed.

• 2 dogs

• 3 dogs

• 4 dogs

• not enough information

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

This problem:

• gives you a rate of change (slope) and a starting point (y-intercept)

• relates two different objects

• gives you a rate of change (slope) and a sample point (x,y)

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

This problem:

• gives you a rate of change (slope) and a starting point (y-intercept)

• relates two different objects

• gives you a rate of change (slope) and a sample point (x,y)

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B