Jacob purchased 5 apples on Monday, 20 apples on Wednesday, and 25 apples on Friday. He spent a total of $20 on apples. How much did each apple cost?
What is 5a+20a+25a=20
100
If Cassandra had 8 more dollars, she could buy the $40 pair of hiking boots she wants. How much money
does Cassandra have?
What is x+8=40
100
The total cost of a suit and 4 ties is $292. The suit cost $200. The ties are all the same price. What is the
cost of a tie?
What is 4x+200 = 292
100
Every day for 5 days, John does homework for x minutes and rides his bike for 20 minutes. If he does these for a total of 105 minutes, how many minutes does he do homework each day?
What is 5(x+20)=105
100
George ate 3 bags of candy and 2 pieces he found on the ground. He ate a total of 104 pieces of candy. How many pieces of candy were in each bag?
What is 34?
200
Mary’s sister is 7 years older than Mary. Their combined ages add up to 35. How old is Mary?
What is M+M+7=35
200
Twice a number is 28.
What is 2x=28
200
Ivan was broke (as usual!) Then he got his weekly allowance, but because he has a hard time saving
money, he spent half his weekly allowance playing mini-golf. He then earned 4 dollars cleaning out his
parents’ car. If he now has $12, how much is his weekly allowance?
What is (x/2)+4=12
200
Jan bought 2 shirts (same style and cost but different colors) and 2 pair of pants (same style and cost but
different colors). Each shirt was $3 less than a pair of pants. She spent $49.80 (before tax). What is the price
of a shirt? What is the price of a pair of pants?
What is 2(x+x-3)
200
Dancing Hippos broke 3 bones each,if there are 36 broken hippo bones then how many hippos are there?
What is 12?
300
Tammy is training for a marathon. She ran the 3 miles from home to a lake, twice around the lake and then
home again. She ran 11 miles. How far is it around the lake?
What is 3+2x+3=11
300
From the first quiz to the second quiz, a score dropped 6 points. The score on the second quiz was 37. What was the first quiz score?
What is x-6=37
300
For a field trip, 331 students went to the museum. Most of the students rode on the 6 buses provided by the
school, but 7 students traveled in cars. If the same number of students road each bus, how many students were
in each bus?
What is 6x+7=331
300
The cooking club made some pies to sell to raise money for new math books. The cafeteria contributed four
pies to those made by the club. All of the pies were then cut into five pieces each and sold by the piece. There
were a total of 60 pieces to sell. How many pies did the club make?
What is 5(x+4)=60
300
Jan bought 2 shirts (same style and cost but different colors) and 2 pair of pants (same style and cost but
different colors). Each shirt was $3 less than a pair of pants. She spent $49.80 (before tax). What is the price
of a shirt? What is the price of a pair of pants?
What is $13.95 pants and $10.95 shirt
400
Lupe and Carlos work in an office. Carlos makes $16,000 less than twice Lupe’s salary. The sum of their
two salaries is $104,000. How much is Lupe's salary?
What is 2L-16,000 +L =104,000
400
After eating at the restaurant, Mom, Dad, and Basement Bum decided to divide the bill evenly. If each person paid $36, what was the total of the bill?
What is (x/3)=36
400
Tarzan has 37 broken cookies. 6 gorillas each broke the same number of cookies and 7 cookies also broke during shipment. How many cookies did each gorilla break?
What is 6x+7=37
400
Cassie and Tom wanted hamburgers for lunch. Cassie ordered a hamburger for $4 and an order of fries.
Tom ordered twice Cassie’s order. The total price was $16.65 (before tax). What is the cost of one order of
fries?
What is 4+f +2(4+f)=16.65
400
30 students split into groups. If there are 5 groups, how many students are in each group.
What is 6
500
Tom was training for a marathon. During the first week he ran a certain distance. The second week he ran
1.5 times further than the first week. During the third and fourth weeks, he ran 3 miles more than twice what
he ran the first week. He ran a total of 136 miles in those four weeks. How many miles did he run the first week?
What is x+1.5x+(2x+3) +(2x+3)=136
500
Moses found 77 seashells on the beach, he gave Miriam some of his seashells. He has 15 seashells left. How many seashells did he give Miriam?
What is x+15=77
500
If Frodo has 200 hairs on each foot and 10,000 hairs on his head, and a total of 10,600 hairs combined. Then how many feet does he have? (He only has one head)
200x+10,000=10,600
500
Kelsey, Turner, and Jaimie decide to play laser tag. Each of them pay $2 per game and $4 for treats. If they spent a total of $36 dollars, how many games of laser tag did they play?