Algebra
How Much?
Who's Faster?
100
Solve for x. 8 + 16x = 24.
What is x = 1?
100
There are 14 table set up for a dinner. Each table needs 7 chairs to be placed around it. This is how many chairs need to be set up.
What is 98? 14 x 7 = 98.
100
Michael made 22 free throws in 1 minute. Mark made 55 free throws in 2 minutes. This player can make free throws faster.
Who is Mark?
200
Solve for x. 3 + (3/4)x = 12
What is x = 12?
200
1 pint of paint covers 100 square feet. George measured his walls to be 1200 square feet, and so he bought this many pints of paint.
What is 12? (1200 square feet / (100 square feet/1pint) = 1 pint x (1200/100) = 1 pint x (12) = 12 pints.
200
Carlos ran 3 miles in 20 minutes. Jack ran 5 miles in 30 minutes. This runner is faster.
Who is Jack?
300
Solve for x. ((2/3)x * 3)/2 + 4 - (16/4) = 0
What is x = 0?
300
There are 360 pages in "To Kill a Mockingbird." Maria checked out the book for one week. Maria will read this many pages each day to finish before the book is due.
What is 52?
300
A zebra running at top speed takes 120 seconds to run one mile. The fastest human can run one mile in four minutes. If the fastest human and a zebra were to race the winner would be...
What is the zebra? 120 seconds = 2 minutes. So a zebra can run one mile in 2 minutes, while it take a human can run one mile in 4 minutes.
400
7/8 of the class was present at the start of the period. 1/6 of class left after 5 minutes to finish their MCAs. 20 minutes later, 3 students who were absent at the start of period arrived, bringing the number of students in the classroom to 20. This is the number of students in the class.
What is 24 students?
400
Jordan is making home-made strawberry lemonade. Jordan's recipe requires 1 tsp of strawberry flavoring for each 3/4 of a gallon made. If Jordan makes 12 gallons of strawberry lemonade this many tsp of strawberry flavoring will be used.
What is 16?
400
Five students working together can decorate their classroom in 1 hour, while it takes another group of three students 2 hours to decorate their classroom. Students in this group worked faster
What is the group of 5 students?
500
David is making lemonade for his friend's birthday party. The lemonade mix he uses requires 5/3 of a cup of mix per gallon of water. If he has 8 cups of lemonade mix how many 2-gallon pitchers will he need to hold all of the lemonade?
David will need 3 2-gallon pitchers. 8 cups of mix will make 4 4/5 gallons of lemonade. (8 / (5/3) = 24/5 = 4 4/5). The first two 2-gallon pitchers will be full, the third will be partially filled.
500
The cooks at the Blue Breakfast Bar can each make 12 pancakes in a minute while the cooks at the Red Wake-up Restaurant can make 14 pancakes per minute a piece. The Blue Breakfast Bar has 8 cooks and the Red Wake-up Restaurant has 7 cooks. Each restaurant has 50 people lined up outside when they open. The line at this restaurant is moving faster.
What is the Red Wake-up Restaurant?
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