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100
Solve for x. 7x = 28
What is 4
100
To go to the mall, six cars carried 18 people. If the same number of people were in each car, how many people were there per car?
What is 3.
100
What is the area of a rectangular yard with a length of 30 yards and a width of 17 yards?
What is 510 square yards.
100
A rooster laid an egg on top of the barn roof. Which way did it roll?
It didn't roll - roosters don't lay eggs.
100
A party of 15 people are splitting 5 pizzas with 12 slices per pizza. If everybody gets the same number of slices, how many slices does each person get?
What is 4.
200
Solve for x. 3x - 7 = 11
What is 6.
200
Albert's son will be 13 this Sunday. If Albert is 40 years old, how old was Albert when Albert's son was born?
What is 27.
200
What is the perimeter of a basketball court with a length of 94 feet and a width of 50 feet?
What is 288 feet.
200
A man dressed in all black is walking down a country lane. Suddenly, a large black car without any lights on comes round the corner and screeches to a halt. How did the car know he was there?
It was day time.
200
Each American throws away about 60 pounds of plastic packaging each year. At this rate, about how many years will it take one person to throw away 870 pounds of plastic?
What is 14.5
300
Solve for x. 5 + 7x = 9x - 11
What is 8.
300
An object that weighs 5 pounds on Earth will weigh 2 pounds on Mercury. If Thomas weighs 120 pounds on Earth, what will he weigh on Mercury?
What is 48 pounds.
300
What is the area of a triangle with a base of 14 inches and a height of 11 inches?
What is 77 square inches.
300
A 10 foot rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom rung on the surface of the water. The rungs are one foot apart, and the tide goes up at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How long will it be until three rungs are covered?
Never. The boat rises as the tide goes up.
300
Solve using the distributive property. 18 x 12 =
18 x 10 = 180 18 x 2 = 36 180 +36 = 216
400
Jane orders a 3 pizzas for x dollars a pizza. If each topping is a dollar extra, and she orders one with pepperoni, peppers and onions, one with bacon, and one with just cheese, what expression can help her figure out the total cost?
What is 3x + 3 + 1 + 0 or 3x + 4
400
A farmer grows 84 pounds of potatoes. He sells them to a grocer who divides them into 5 pound and 2 pound bags. If the grocer uses the same number of 5 pound and 2 pound bags, how many bags of each did he use?
What is 12.
400
If a football field has a length of 120 yards and a width of 50 yards, what is the area?
What is 600 square yards.
400
A truck driver is going down a one way street the wrong way, and passes at least ten cops. Why is he not caught?
He's walking on the sidewalk.
400
The Andersons are buying a new home. They need to fence the yard because they have a dog. The yard is 40 ft. by 65 ft. Each fencing section is 8 ft. How many sections will they need?
What is 325
500
Donald and 3 friends mow 5 lawns and get paid x dollars per lawn. What expression will show how much money each of them gets if they split the money equally?
What is 5x / 4
500
The Mayans of Mexico and Central America built huge pyramids of solid stone block. Each block is 6' x 6' x 6'. What is the surface area of the blocks?
What is 216.
500
If a parking spot has a length of 12 feet, and a width of 8 feet, what is the combined area of 3 spaces?
What is 288 square feet.
500
There's a 1 story house where everything inside and outside of it was PURPLE. So what color were the stairs?
There were no stairs because it was a one story house!
500
A team of scientists found that there were 4 oak trees for every 10 pine trees. How many oak trees were there if they counted 36 more pine than oak?
What is 24
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