Word Problems Types

Alice bought apples and oranges at the farmers' market. Each apple costs 0.60 and each orange costs 0.75. She paid a total of $13.95 for the apples and oranges. What type of linear equation is this?

• Transaction

• Total count

• Slope-intercept

• DTML

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

James bought stickers and gumballs from the machines at the pizza shop. Each sticker costs 0.75 and each gumball costs 0.50. He bought 5 stickers but did not count how many gumballs he purchased. He paid a total of $7.75 for the stickers and gumballs. How many gumballs did he purchase? What type of linear equation is this?

• Transaction

• Total Count

• Slope intercept

• DTML

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Linda purchased gum and mints from the gas station. Each pack of gum costs $1.25 and each mint costs $0.30. She paid a total of $7.70 for the gum and mints. What type of linear equation is this?

• Transaction

• Total count

• slope intercept

• DTML

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

Robert purchased notebooks and pens from the school store. Each notebook costs 2.50 and each pen costs 1.25. He purchased a total of 16 items. What type of linear equation is this?

• Transaction

• Total Count

• Slope intercept

• DTML

Answer explanation

Since this situation does not give us the total amount spent we cannot create a transaction equation.

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

Mary purchased magazines and bookmarks from the bookstore. She purchased 10 items.

• Transaction

• Total Count

• Slope intercept

• DTML

John purchased Matchbox cars and cans of silly string. Each matchbox car costs 2.25 and each can of sillystring costs 4.75. He paid a total of $50.75 for the Matchbox cars and cans of silly string.

• Transaction

• Total Count

• Slope intercept

• DTML

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

Patricia purchased shoes online. She started with $1000. Each pair of shoes costs $36. What type of linear equation is this?

• Transaction

• Total Count

• Slope intercept

• DTML

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

Michael purchased dust masks from the hardware store. He has $30 and each dust mask costs $2.85. What type of linear equation is this?

• Transaction

• Total count

• slope intercept

• DTML

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

Debra bought 6 more candy bars than Bob. What type of linear equation is this?

• Transaction

• Total count

• Slope intercept

• DTML

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

David purchased worms and minnows for his fishing trip. Each worm costs 0.65 and each minnow costs 0.85. He paid a total of $14.20 on worms and minnows. What type of linear equation is this?

• Transaction

• Total count

• Slope intercept

• DTML

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B