Mild Problems:
Solving Equations
Solving Equations
Solve the equation.
5x+3=9
x=1.2
Solve the equation.
-1/4x+7=-3
x=40
Solve the equation.
|2x-3|=7
x=5 or -2
James goes to Oregon to go back to school shopping. (Did you know Oregon has no sales tax?!) He has $250 to spend on clothes. He spends $73 on shirts. Shorts are on sale for $22 per pair. How many pairs of shorts can he buy? Would he have any money left over? (Bonus: If so, how much?)
8 pairs of shorts.
Yes, money is left over.
Bonus: $1
Solve the equation.
1/2x+5=-4
x=-18
Solve the equation.
5x-14=3x+22
x=18
Solve the equation.
|2/5x+6|=10
x=10 or -40
Elijah is on a road trip to Seattle with his friends. Maps said that the trip was a total of 648 miles. After 87 miles, they stop for some food. The are driving at an averaging speed of 65 miles per hour. How many more hours do they have to go?
Bonus: what is that to the nearest minute?
8.6 hours
Bonus: 8 hours 38 minutes (I will take 8 hours 36 minutes too)
Solve the equation.
x/4-3=-1
x=8
Solve the equation.
2(x-8)=2x-16
Infinite Solutions
Solve the equation.
2(3x-4)+x=4(x+2)+3x
No solution
You take 4 of your cousins trick-or-treating for Halloween. Your cousins EACH give you 15 pieces of candy for taking them, then they equally divide out the rest of the candy. If each of the 4 cousins end up with 55 pieces of candy, what was the total haul?
280 pieces
Solve the equation.
-7x+11=32
x=-3
Solve the equation.
-17-x=3x+11
x=7
Solve the equation.
|-4x+21|=33
x=-3 or 13.5
The anime club was selling Boba at a Food Day to raise money. The had to pay the company a delivery fee of $50 and got to keep a third of the profits after that $50. If the club walked away with $432, how much money was spent on Boba during the day?
$1446