Sarah used a gift card to buy $47 worth of groceries. Now she has $18 left on her gift card. Write an equation using m to represent the initial balance on the gift card.
m - $47 = $18
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n + 34 = 56
n = 22
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18h = 216
h = 12
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Lindsey finished a race in 58 seconds. This was 4 seconds faster than her best practice time. Using the variable t, write an equation to find Lindsey's best practice time.
t - 4 = 58
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72/q = 8 for q = 9
Yes, 9 is the solution.
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Marilyn has a fish tank that contains 38 fish. There are 9 goldfish and f other fish.
f + 9 = 38
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v - 10 = 25
v = 35
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y ÷ 9 = 12
y = 108
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Ted bought a dolphin poster for $12. He now has $5. Write an equation, using the variable m, to find out how much money Ted took to the aquarium.
m - 12 = 5
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Andy is one-fourth as old as his grandfather, who is 76 years old. This would make Andy 24 years old.
No, 24 is not the solution.
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Juanita has 102 beads to make n necklaces. Each necklace will have 17 beads.
17n = 102
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31 + w = 72
w = 41
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3x = 51
x = 17
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A hot-air balloon flew at 10 miles per hour. Using the variable h, write an equation to find how many hours the balloon traveled if it covered a distance of 70 miles.
10h = 70
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Seventy-two people signed up for a soccer league. After the players were evenly divided into teams, there were 6 teams, which means 12 players were on each team.
Yes, 12 is the solution.
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Craig is c years old. His 12-year-old sister Caitlin is 3 years younger than Craig.
c - 3 = 12
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17 = z - 13
z = 30
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x / 4 = 24
x = 96
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All the seats in a theater are divided into 6 groups. There are 35 seats in each group. Using the variable s, write a division equation to find how many seats there are in the theater.
s ÷ 6 = 35
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A certain science teacher has been teaching for thirty-one years. If he is currently 55 years old, he started teaching when he was twenty-four.
Yes, twenty-four is the solution.
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Sonia rented ice skates for h hours. The rental fee was $2 per hour and she paid a total of $8.
2h = 8
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84 = t - 17
t = 101
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9 = w ÷ 9
w = 81
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The total cost for tickets to a basketball game was $160 which was divided equally among x friends, and each person paid $32. What equation would help you find the total cost of the tickets?