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A car rental company charges a flat fee of $50 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If a customer pays $70, how many miles did they drive?
100 miles
A grocery store sells apples for $2 each and oranges for $3 each. If a customer buys a total of 10 fruits (apples and oranges) and spends $24, how many apples and how many oranges did the customer buy?
6 apples and 4 oranges.
Maria has 5 apples in her basket. She buys 3 more apples from the store. How many apples does Maria have now?
Maria has 8 apples.
A gym membership costs $30 to join and $25 per month thereafter. If someone has been a member for m months and their total cost is $130, how many months have they been a member?
4 months
Car A travels at a speed of 60 miles per hour, while Car B travels at a speed of 80 miles per hour. If both cars start from the same point at the same time, how far will they be apart after
t
hours?
20 t miles
James had a collection of books. He had 12 books and decided to donate some to a local library. After donating, he has only 7 books left. How many books did James donate?
James donated 5 books.
A bookstore sells notebooks for $3 each and pens for $2 each. If a customer buys some notebooks and pens totaling $18, and they bought twice as many notebooks as pens, how many notebooks did they buy? Let p represent the number of pens sold, then the number of notebooks is 2p.
6 notebooks
Two friends have a total of $12 to spend on candy bars that cost $3 each. If they want to buy a total of four candy bars, how many candy bars will each friend buy if they share equally?
2 candy bars
Lily collects toy cars. She currently has a total of x toy cars. If she buys 4 more toy cars, she will have a total of 15 toy cars. How many toy cars did Lily start with?
Lily started with 11 toy cars.