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Kevin plans to buy a used car. The monthly payments will be $259. If Kevin earns $9.25 per hour, how many hours must Kevin work each month to afford his car payment?
28 hours
Lynn took an Uber to the airport. She had to pay a flat fee of $2.05 plus $0.90 per mile. The total cost was $15.55. How many miles was the uber trip?
15 miles
Jim is planning to take some classes at the community college. Tuition is $110 per credit, plus $60 in fees. Jim has saved $1050 to take classes. How many credits can Jim afford to take with the money he saved?
9 credits
Each lap around a track is 1/4 mile. How many laps would you have to run for a 3-mile workout?
12 laps
Devin paid $30 to be a member of the Fox Lake Gym. When he takes the boxing class, it costs him $2. Jared is not a member of the Gym, and it costs him $5 for the same class. How many classes would it take for Devin's total cost to equal Jared's total cost?
10 classes
You and your friend work in telemarketing. You earn $76 per week, plus $16 for each sale you make. Your friend earns $60 per week, plus $20 for each sale she makes. How many sales do you and your friend each have to make in a week for your weekly salaries to be equal?
4 sales
For a field trip 11 students rode in cars and the rest filled eight buses. How many students were in each bus if 315 students were on the trip?
38 students
A cable company charges $120 for installation plus $20 per month. Another cable company charges free installation but charges $35 per month. For how many months of cable service would the total cost from either company be the same?
8 months
Container A has 2,500 L of water and Container B has 4,000 L of water. If Container A is being filled at a rate of 30 L per hour and Container B is being drained at a rate of 45 L per hour, how many hours will it take until they have the same amount of water?
20 hours
The perimeter of a rectangle is 50 centimeters. If the width of the rectangle is 9 centimeters less than the length, find the length of the rectangle.
17 cm
A wise woman once said, "410 reduced by twice my age is 262." What is her age?
74 years old
A rectangle has a length that is 7 less than 4 times its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 96 feet, what is the length of the rectangle?
37 feet
A new animal hospital is planning to purchase a total of 36 cages for dogs, cats, and rabbits. They want to purchase the same number of cages for dogs as for cats, but only one-fourth as many cages for rabbits. How many cages should they buy for rabbits?
4 cages
Three children each contributed to a donation to their favorite charity. The oldest contributed twice as much as the second oldest, while the youngest contributed $5 more than the oldest. If they donated $55, how much did the oldest contribute?
$20
The bottle of juice says that it has three times as much orange juice as apple juice. If the bottle contains 64 fluid ounces, how many fluid ounces of orange juice does it contain?
48 fluid ounces
A class of 50 students is divided into two groups. One group has 8 more students than the other. How many students are in the larger group?
29 students
Michael, Jack and Trisha have a total of 92 Lego pieces. Jack has 10 more than Trisha. Michael has 6 more than Jack. How many Lego pieces does Michael have?
38 lego pieces
Rectangle A has a length of 9 inches and Rectangle B has a length of 13 inches. If the width of Rectangle A three times the width of Rectangle B, and their perimeters are the same, what is the width of Rectangle A?
6 inches
Frank, Molly and Bob have a sum of $55. Frank has three times as much money as Molly. Bob has $6 more than Frank. How much money does Frank have?
$21
The Jackson family has a set of twins and a set of triplets. If the twins are 3 years younger than twice the triplets age, and the sum of their ages is 71, how old are the twins?
19 years old