Multi-Step
Solve: C - 5 = -8
C = -3
5m - 3m + 4 = 10
m = 3
|3m - 12| - 7
Evaluate for m=3
-4
5m=n Solve for m
m = n/5
Kira is a contestant on the kids' game show, Spend or Switch! When she makes it up on stage, host Guy Granger takes out a stack of one hundred-dollar bills. He divides the bills evenly among all 8 contestants on stage. Each contestant receives 3 one hundred-dollar bills. How many bills did the host hand out in all?
b/8=3
b = 24 bills
x -(-3) = 5
x = 2
-2x + 4 = 3x - 6
x = 2
|x+3| = 4
Hint: Two Solutions
x = 1 or x = -7
3g - 3mn = 6 Solve for g
g = (6 + 3mn)/3
g = 2 + mn
Cora's dad has asked Cora and her little brothers to rake the leaves in their yard. They rake all afternoon and fill a number of bags with leaves. Then, when Cora isn't looking, her brothers empty 6 of the bags to make a giant leaf pile! Cora is frustrated that only 5 bags of leaves remain. How many bags did they fill up to start with?
b - 6 = 5
b = 11 bags
3m + 4 = 16
m = 4
3(x - 4) = 4(2x + 2)
x = -4
-7|x-8|+30 Evaluate for x=3
-5
4(3g + 5s) = 20 Solve for s
s = (20 - 12g)/20
s = (5 - 3g)/5
s = 1 - 3/5g
On the last day of her summer tennis camp, Stacy helps her instructor sort through a basket of tennis balls to throw out the old ones. Stacy ends up throwing away 13 of the balls. She returns the remaining 42 balls to the basket. How many tennis balls did she check in all?
t - 13 = 42
t = 55 Tennis Balls
-3/4x - 6 = 6
x = -16
4m + 5 = 4m - 4
m = No solution
|x - 6|= 7
x = 13 or x = -1
P=2ℓ + 2w Solve for width or w
(P - 2ℓ)/2=w
P/2 - ℓ=w
Valentina is trying to decide whether to join her school's swim team. During the summer, the team practices 4 days per week. Each of those days, they practice for 3 hours in the morning and practice again in the afternoon. They practice for a total of 20 hours each week. How long is each practice in the afternoon?
4(3 + a) = 20
a = 2 hours
-3(-2x - 4) = 18
x = 1
-1/2(c - 4) = -1/2c + 2
c = All solutions
|4m + 4| = 20
m = 4 or m = -6
4q - 5n = 10n Solve for n
4q/15 = n
Blue Tide Surf Shop is having its annual summer sale, when every item in the store gets marked down. During the sale, surf board wax sold for $5 less than full price. Miguel purchases 3 containers of wax and paid a total of $60. What was the original price of the one wax container?
3(w-5)=60
w = $25