SOL 7.PFA.3 Equations

What is the solution to the following equation? 4 + 3x = -20

• -8

• -5.33

• 5.33

• 8

• -4

• 8.6

• 75.6

• 19.4

• x = -16

• x = -8

• x = 4

• x = 16

What is the solution to -2x + 3 = 15?

• x = -6

• x = 6

• x = 9

• x = -9

Which phrase best represents 4x - 5 = 15

• 5 decreased by 4 times a number, x, is fifteen.

• 4 times the difference of a number, x, and 5 is fifteen

• 5 less than 4 times a number, x, is fifteen.

• The sum of 4 times a number, x, and 5 is fifteen.

Nikki sold 24 boxes of cookies. Nikki sold 4 more than 5 times the number of boxes of cookies Samantha sold. Exactly how many boxes of cookies did Samantha sell?

• 3 boxes

• 4 boxes

• 6 boxes

• 12 boxes

Aidan’s age is 6 years less than half of Maggie’s age. Aidan’s age is 4 years. What is Maggie’s age?

• 2 years

• 5 years

• 10 years

• 20 years

Using the model below, what is the solution to the equation shown?

• 11

• 8

• -11

• -8

What is the solution to 5 - 3x = 50?

• x = -15

• x = 15

• x = 10

• x = -10

Which of the following is the algebraic form for the verbal statement shown below? “Thirteen more than the quotient of a number, n, and 4 is twenty”

• 4n + 13 = 20

• 13(n + 4) = 20