Math
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100
Hector has 10 times Emma's swag. Emma's swag is x.
What is 10x?
100
Hector gets paid $2500 per hour. Hours=h.
What is 2500h?
100
Ms. Lofgren asked her boss for a raise. She wanted $2.00 more per year. Her boss said no.
What is, "a good decision" by her boss?
100
Ms. Lofgren caught a nasty case of "Bieber fever." Her temperature was 3 degrees above normal body temperature (t). What was her temperature?
What is t+3?
100
If this one doesn't get picked, I'll buy lunch for the class.
What is "too bad for the class"?
200
A pastry chef wants to spend no more than $100 on almonds. Almonds cost $4 per pound. Write an inequality to represent, p, the number of pounds of almonds the chef could buy.
What is 4p less than/equal to $100?
200
A babysitter charges $5 per hour plus a flat fee of $10 for each babysitting job. Write an inequality to show the minimum number of hours the babysitter must work to make at least $35.
What is 5h+10=$35?
200
A red block and a blue block are on a scale. The red block weighs 9 ounces. The total weight of both blocks is at most 16 ounces. Write an inequality to represent this situation where b = blue block.
What is b-9=16?
200
Mrs. Perry hires a landscaper that charges $15 per hour. The landscaper says that the total charge for the work Mrs. Perry wants done will be at least $120. Write an inequality to show, h, the number of hours it may take for the landscaper to do the work for Mrs. Perry.
What is 15h greater than or equal to $120?
200
Angelica wants to buy a pair of jeans and a sweater that costs $38. She does not want to spend more than $80 for the jeans and sweater. Write an inequality to represent, j, the amount that Angelica can spend on jeans.
What is j+38 is less than $80?
300
Double Jake’s age, x, minus 4 is 22.
What is 2x-4=22?
300
A coin bank contains dimes and quarters. The number of dimes is three less than four times the number of quarters. The total number of coins in the bank is 47. Write an equation to find the number of dimes in the bank.
What is 4q-3=47?
300
For each babysitting job, Ashley charges $2.50 for bus fare plus $8 per hour for each hour she works. She charged $30.50 for her last babysitting job. Write an equation to represent the problem.
What is 8h+2.50=$30.50?
300
Sylvie’s age is 5 years less than half Katie’s age. If Sylvie is 11 years old, write an equation to find Katie’s age.
What is Mr. U. should still buy lunch.
300
Charlie has a $30 smoothie gift card. Each time he uses the card to buy a smoothie, $2 is deducted from his card. If the balance on his card today is $12, write an equation to find the number of smoothies he has purchased.
What is 30-2s=$12?
400
Yolanda has $38 in a bank account. She wants to make two equal deposits so that her account will have a balance of $100. Write an inequality to find how the minimum amount of money Yolanda will need to deposit each time to make her goal.
What is 2d+38=$100?
400
Five friends went to an amusement park. The cost of a ticket to enter the park is $5 per person. Each ride costs additional money. They all went on the same rides. The friends spent a total of $80 at the amusement park. Write an equation to represent the amount of money that the friends spent on rides.
What is 5x+25=$80?
400
Mick bowled g games for $3 each plus a $6-off coupon for a total of $18. Write an equation to represent the number of games Mick bowled.
What is 3g-6=$18?
400
The Downtown Theater has 413 seats, which is 8 more than 3 times as many as the Uptown Theater has. Write an equation to find how many seats, s, are in the Uptown Theater.
What is 3s+8=413?
400
Ted has 60 books on 6 shelves. The bottom shelf has 15 books. The other shelves have an equal number of books. Write an equation that can be used to find, b, the number of books on each of the top 5 shelves.
What is 5b-15=60?
500
Julie paid $120 for 6 gift cards plus a $2.00 sales tax. Each gift was the same price. Write an equation to find the price of each card.
What is 6x+2.00=$120?
500
Frank runs a floral shop. On Tuesday, he sold a total of $600 worth of flowers. The flowers cost him $100 and he paid an employee to work for 8 hours for a given wage, w. Write an equation to help Frank find his profit, p, on Tuesday.
What is p=$600-100-8w?
500
Sharon is a waitress at a local restaurant. She makes an hourly wage, $3.50, plus she receives tips. On Monday, she worked 6 hours and received tip money, t. Write an equation showing Sharon’s earnings on Monday, y.
What is y=($3.50x6)+t?
500
During a sale at an online shoe store, each pair of sandals costs $15. The store charges a shipping and handling fee of $5, no matter how many pairs of sandals a customer orders. Write an equation to represent, y, the total cost in dollars of buying x pairs of sandals from this online store.
What is y=$15x+5?
500
A soccer coach wants to order soccer ball online for her team. The soccer balls costs $9 each and there is a shipping charge of $10. If s represents the number of soccer balls that the coach buys, write an equation to represent the total cost, c, of the order.
What is c=$9s+$10?