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When 2/3 of a number is subtracted from 12, the result is 10. This is the number.
What is 3?
100
Jenny is a math tutor. She used to charge students $14 an hour, but now she charges $22 an hour. This is the percent increase in her hourly wage (rounded to the nearest percent).
What is 57%?
100
Solve for y. 3x-7y=11.
What is y=(11-3x)/(-7)
100
Determine if the following is an equation or an expression. 3x+5-2(x-1)
What is expression?
200
The equation F=(9/5)C+32 gives Fahrenheit temperature. This number is the Fahrenheit temperature equivalent to 20 degrees Celsius.
What is 68 degrees Fahrenheit?
200
Gina is going to the Cubs game and bought her ticket off a friend for $20. Her friend had gotten the ticket for $37. This was the percent discount that Gina’s friend gave her (round to the nearest percent).
What is 46%?
200
Solve for k. -18-6k=6(1+3k)
What is k=-1?
200
Two baseball players had a total of 339 hits over their season. Player A had 13 more hits than Player B. Find the number of hits each player had.
What is Player A had 176 hits and Player B had 163 hits?
300
Jay Jenkins earned $12,000 last year by giving tennis lessons. He invested part at 3% simple interest and the rest at 4%. He earned a total of $440 in interest. This is much money did he invest at each rate.
What is $4000 at 3% and $8000 at 4%?
300
On May 13, the largest bag of Cheetos was on sale at Wal-Mart for $2.49. The full price of the largest bag of Cheetos is $3.79. This number is the percent discount (rounded to the nearest percent).
What is 34%?
300
Solve for x. -(3x-1)+2=4x+2
What is x=1/7?
300
How many gallons of 70% anti-freeze must be mixed with 80 gallons of 15% anti-freeze to get a mixture that is 60% anti-freeze?
What is 360 gallons?
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