A cell phone company charges a fixed texting rate of $25 per month, plus $0.05 for every text sent over the plan. If your text charges came to $30, how many texts did you send past your plan?

Lin is tracking the progress of her plant’s growth. Today it is 5 cm tall. If the plant grows 1.5 cm per day, after how many days will the plant be 20 cm tall?

Paul opens a savings account with $350. Every month he deposits $150 into the account from his paycheck. After how many months will he have $2450?

Pete’s Painting charges $25 per room to paint, plus an additional $0.50 per square foot that they paint. If they charged me $201 to paint my kitchen, how many square feet did they paint?

Deshawn’s Bikes rents bikes for $11 plus $5 an hour. If Maria paid $51, how many hours did she rent the bike for?

T-shirts cost $7 each plus a $25 fee for the machine rental. How many shirts can the softball team buy if they have $235 from their fundraiser?

A painter charges $12 per hour plus $50 for every job. If he made $194 on a job, how many hours did he work?

You bought a magazine for $5 and 20 erasers. If you spent a total of $11, how much did each eraser cost?

Amir wants to buy a video game that costs $70, but he only has $20. He can earn $10 for each car he washes. How many cars he must wash to have enough money to buy the game?