7th Grade Valentine's Day: Solve for Variables in Context

Lily bought 3 boxes of chocolates for Valentine's Day. Each box costs $x. If she spent $24 in total, what is the cost of each box?

• $10

• $6

• $12

• $8

Tom has $50 to spend on Valentine's gifts. He buys a bouquet of flowers for $15 and spends the rest on chocolates. If he buys $y$ boxes of chocolates at $5 each, how many boxes did he buy?

• 3

• 7

• 5

• 10

Sarah wants to send Valentine's cards to her friends. If she has 12 cards and gives away 3, how many cards does she have left? If she plans to send $z$ cards to her best friends, how many will she have remaining?

• 6 - z

• 3 - z

• 12 - z

• 9 - z

Jake is planning a Valentine's party. He has $80 to spend. He buys decorations for $20 and wants to spend the rest on snacks. If he spends $x$ on snacks, how much does he have left?

• 60 - x

• 20 + x

• 80 - x

• 60 + x

Emma is making Valentine's cookies. She uses 2 cups of flour and needs to add $y$ cups of sugar to the mixture. If she wants to use a total of 5 cups of ingredients, how much sugar does she need?

• 2 cups

• 3 cups

• 4 cups

• 1 cup

A Valentine's Day dance ticket costs $10. If Mia buys 4 tickets and has $x$ left, how much money did she start with?

• $40 + x

• $30 + x

• $50 - x

• $20 + 2x

Mark is buying Valentine's gifts for his family. He buys 2 gifts for $15 each and has $x$ left. If he started with $60, how much does he have left after buying the gifts?

• 30

• 25

• 35

• 40

Sophie is making Valentine's cards. She has 20 cards and gives away 5. If she wants to make $y$ more cards to have a total of 30, how many more does she need to make?

• 15

• 10

• 5

• 20

David wants to buy a special gift for his girlfriend. He has $100. After buying a gift for $45, he wants to buy chocolates for $y$. How much can he spend on chocolates?

• 70

• 90

• 55

• 30

Rachel is planning a Valentine's dinner. She has $50. If she spends $20 on flowers and wants to spend the rest on dinner, how much can she spend if the dinner costs $x$?

• 25

• 30

• 40

• 10