PreAlgebra Math 7 Part 4

Three-fifths of a number decreased by one is twenty-three. What is the number?

• 40

• 35

• 50

• 30

Seven more than six times a number is negative forty-seven. What is the number?

• -9

• -8

• 7

• 6

Nine less than twice a number is thirty-one. What is the number?

• 20

• 15

• 10

• 25

Carol is sixty-six inches tall. This is twenty inches less than two times Mindy's height. How tall is Mindy?

• 43 inches

• 33 inches

• 53 inches

• 36 inches

In February, Paul's electric bill was three dollars more than one-half his gas bill. If the electric bill was ninety-two dollars, what was the gas bill?

• 178 dollars

• 120 dollars

• 150 dollars

• 200 dollars

One of two numbers is five more than the other. The sum of the numbers is 17. Find the numbers.

• 6 and 11

• 7 and 10

• 8 and 9

• 5 and 12

The difference of two numbers is 19. The larger number is 3 more than twice the smaller. Find the numbers.

• (11, 30)

• (19, 38)

• (13, 32)

• (15, 34)

320 tickets were sold to the school play. There were 3 times as many student tickets sold as adult tickets. Find the number of each.

• 80 adult tickets and 240 student tickets

• 100 adult tickets and 220 student tickets

• 60 adult tickets and 260 student tickets

• 120 adult tickets and 200 student tickets

The first number is eight more than the second number. Three times the second number plus twice the first number is equal to 26. What are the numbers?

• 2 and 10

• 3 and 11

• 4 and 12

• 5 and 13

• Dan has 40 $1 bills and 8 $5 bills.

• Dan has 30 $1 bills and 18 $5 bills.

• Dan has 25 $1 bills and 23 $5 bills.

• Dan has 20 $1 bills and 28 $5 bills.