One-Step
m/5 =8
m = 40
48 + x = 50
x = 2
Solve:
4m - 2 = 18
m = 5
9 = 4y - 3
y = 3
5d + 10 = 15
d = 1
Jordan worked 8 hours and earned $96. How much does Jordan earn per hour?
Hint: Think Unit Rate!
Jordan earns $12 per hour
A matcha costs $8. Jackie bought 5 matcha's. How much did she spend?
Jackie spent $40
-6 + 3x = 24
x = 10
m/2 + 3 = 11
m = 16
Jaylen has 50 shirts. He puts them equally into 5 drawers. How many shirts are in each drawer?
10 shirts in each drawer
At the carnival, each ride costs $2.50. If Miguel went on 12 rides, how much money did he spend?
Miguel spent $30 dollars
Marcus has a certain number of pencils. After giving away 7 pencils to his friends, he still has 18 left. How many pencils did Marcus start with?
Marcus started with 25 pencils
Sasha’s grandmother gave her $100. After buying 4 shirts that each cost the same, she had $20 left. How much did each shirt cost?
Each shirt cost $20
You bought a magazine for $5 and four erasers. You spent a total of $25. How much did each eraser cost?
4x + 5 = 25
x = $5, each eraser cost $5
Three times a number plus 5 equals 23. What is the number?
Hint: Use x to represent a number
3x + 5 = 23
x = 6
AJ bought 5 packs of gum. Each pack cost the same. He spent $25 total. How much did each pack cost?
Each pack costs $5
At a restaurant, Tyler and his four friends decided to divide the bill evenly. If each person paid $15 then what was the total bill?
Total bill was $75
After a long day, Jocelyn decided to take a bath. She filled the bath entirely with 60 gallons of water. The water drains at a rate of 5 gallons per minute.
Hint: Use m to represent minutes
How much water remains in the tub after 4 minutes?
60-5(4)=60-20=40 gallons
Nick is using the equation y=1700+850m to track his savings over time. He has some money saved already and puts part of his monthly paycheck into the account.
If Nick plans to use the money in the account to buy a new car that costs $16,000, how many months will he need to save?
16000=1700+850m
14300=850m
m=16.8
Nick will need to save for almost 17 months
Tommy collected 60 rocks. He gave 3 rocks to each of his friends. He only has 33 seashells left. How many friends did he give rocks to?
Write an equation to represent f, the number of friends Tommy gave rocks to.
Solve the equation.
f = 9 friends
Last month, Diego ran 15 miles more than Angel. Diego ran 40 miles. How many miles did Angel run?
Write an equation to represent m, the number of miles Angel ran.
Solve the equation.
Equation: 40 - 15 = m
m = 25 miles
How many packages of candy can you buy with $40 if each package costs $8?
8x = 40
x = 5 packages of candy
The cost to rent a construction crane is $750 per day plus $250 per hour of use. What is the maximum number of hours the crane can be used each day if the rental cost has to be $2500 per day?
Write an equation to represent this scenario.
What is the maximum number of hours the crane can be used?
1. Equation: $750 + $250x = $2500
2. x = 7 hours
Quinton started his own tutoring business. Each month, he makes $120 from tutoring. However, he had to pay $75 in startup costs.
Write and solve an equation for the amount of money, m, Quinton has after 1 year.
120(12)-75=m
1440-75=m
$1365=m
Lauren spent half of her weekly allowance on her nails. To earn more money her parents let her do chores for $15. What is her weekly allowance if she ended with $25
1. Write an equation to represent Lauren’s weekly allowance, a
2. Solve the equation.
a = $20