Factoring and Equations: Real-Life Word Problems for 7th Grade

A gardener has a rectangular garden with a length of 12 meters and a width of 8 meters. He wants to create a path around the garden that is 2 meters wide. What is the area of the path?

• 96 square meters

• 64 square meters

• 80 square meters

• 72 square meters

A school is organizing a field trip for 120 students. They can arrange the students in groups of 6. How many groups can they form? Write an equation to represent this situation.

• 18

• 22

• 24

• 20

A factory produces 240 toys each day. If they want to package the toys in boxes that can hold 12 toys each, how many boxes will they need?

• 20

• 25

• 15

• 30

Maria is making gift bags for a party. She has 48 candies and wants to put the same number of candies in each bag. If she wants to make 6 bags, how many candies will go in each bag?

• 8

• 10

• 12

• 6

A rectangular swimming pool has a length of 15 meters and a width of 10 meters. If the pool is to be surrounded by a deck that is 3 meters wide, what will be the total area of the deck?

• 150 square meters

• 120 square meters

• 200 square meters

• 186 square meters

A farmer has 180 apples and wants to pack them into boxes that can hold 15 apples each. How many boxes will he need? Write an equation to represent this situation.

• 15

• 12

• 20

• 10

A pizza shop sells pizzas in two sizes: small and large. A small pizza costs $8 and a large pizza costs $12. If a customer buys 3 small pizzas and 2 large pizzas, how much will they spend in total?

• $52

• $40

• $48

• $36

A school is planning a sports day and needs to arrange 150 students into teams of 5. How many teams will they have? Write an equation to represent this situation.

• 25

• 35

• 30

• 40

A rectangular garden has a length of 20 meters and a width of 10 meters. If the owner wants to plant flowers in a section that is 4 meters wide around the garden, what will be the area of the section planted with flowers?

• 400 square meters

• 250 square meters

• 304 square meters

• 180 square meters

A bookstore has 240 books and wants to display them on shelves that can hold 30 books each. How many shelves will they need? Write an equation to represent this situation.

• 6

• 8

• 10

• 12