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100

This is the solution to:

9t - 6 - 6t = 6

What is 4?

100

This is the solution for:

-9/b = 5/6

What is -10.8?

100
This is 2y + 7x = 4, solved for y.
What is (-7x+4)/2 ?
100
168 hours equals this many days.
What is 7?
100
88 is this percent of 88.
What is 100%?
100

A baker orders 162 eggs.  Each carton contains 18 eggs.  Write an equation you can use to find the number of cartons?

x = # of cartons

18x = 162

200

This is the solution to:

1.06g - 3 = 0.71

What is 3.5?

200

This is the solution for:

(a-2)/9 = 2/3

What is 8?

200
This is x/a = y/b, solved for x.
What is ay/b ?
200
2.5 lbs. equals this many ounces.
What is 40?
200
This number is 63% of 150.
What is 94.5?
200

A repair bill for your car is $553.  The parts cost $265. The labor cost is $48 per hour.  Write an equation to find the number of hours of labor spent repairing the car.

x = # of labor hours

48x + 265 = 553

300

This is the solution to:

n + 5(n - 1) = 7

What is 2?

300

This is the solution for:

(x+2)/5 = (2x-11)/7

What is 23?

300
This is A = Bxt + C, solved for x,
What is (A-C)/Bt ?
300
4 hours equals this many seconds.
What is 14,400?
300
20% of this number is 80.
What is 400?
300

Perfect Painters will charge $25 for paint and materials and $30 per hour to paint a room.  Classic Painters will charge $295 to paint the same room.  Write an equation to represent how many hours will it take for Perfect Painters charge to be the same as Classic Painters?

x = # of hours

30x + 25 = 295

400

This is the solution to:

n/5 - 3n/10 = 1/5

What is -2?

400

5 lbs. of pasta salad will serve 14 people. This many pounds of pasta salad should be made to feed 49 people.

What is 17.5 lbs.?

400
This is mx + nx = p, solved for x.
What is p/(m+n) ?
400
An animal that runs 60 ft/sec runs this many yards per minute.
What is 1200?
400
A tennis racket normally costs $65, but is on sale for 20% off. This is the sale price of the racket.
What is $52?
400

Vienna is a cheerleading coach. When coaching the Blackhawks she earned a total of $2,500. She was paid $35 per cheerleader she coached as well as a stipend for the homecoming routine she created. If the stipend for the homecoming routine was $1170, write an equation to represent how many cheerleaders she coached?

x = # of cheerleaders coached

35x + 1170 = 2500

500

This is the solution to:

k - 3k = 6k + 5 - 8k

What is "no solution"?

500
Approximately 3 people out of every 30 are left handed. In a group of 140, you can expect about this many to be left-handed.
What is 14 people?
500
This is 2(x + a) = 4b, solved for a.
What is 2b-x?
500
A swimming pool that holds 5000 gallons fills at a rate of 6 gallons/min. About how many hours will it take to fill the pool to its capacity?
What is 13.9 hours?
500

A can of corn cost $80 and is on sale for a 40% off.  What would the cost be after the discount?

What is $48?

500

A clerk at one store is paid $400 per week plus $0.75 for every item she sells.  At another store, a clerk is paid $500 per week plus $0.50 for every item she sells. Write an equation to represent how many sold items the clerks are making the same amount of money?

x = # of sold items

0.75x + 400 = 0.5x + 500