The perimeter of a triangle is 48 inches. The second side is four inches longer than the first side. The third side is one inch longer than the second. Find the length of each side.
13 17 18
Lena and Jodie are sisters, and together they have 56 bottles of nail polish. Lena bought 4 more than half the bottles. How many did Jodie buy?
24
On Monday, 297 students went on a trip to the zoo. All 6 buses were filled and 9 students had to travel in cars. How many students were in each bus?
297= 6x + 9
X = 48
JaMarious sold half of his CDs and then bought 9 more. He now has 13. How many did he begin with?
1/2 x + 9 = 13
x = 8
Alex bought five new football trading cards to add to his collection. The next day his goat ate half of his collection. There are now only 27 cards left. How many cards did Alex start with?
49
Keith bought a soft drink for three dollars and six candy bars. He spent a total of 27 dollars. How much did each candy bar cost?
$4
Lillie spent half of her paycheck on dinner for her family. She washed the family car and earned 10 dollars. What is her weekly paycheck of she ended with 40 dollars?
$60
A cattle train left Miami and traveled toward New York. 14 hours later a diesel train left traveling at 45km/h in an effort to catch up to the cattle train. After traveling for four hours the diesel train finally caught up. What was the cattle train's average speed?
10 km/h