Money Problems
If Annie makes 15$ every hour and she makes a total of 45$, how many hours did she work?
15n=45$
n=3 hours
In total also means...
=
Jake got sick and is sneezing a lot. Every time he has to sneeze he sneezes 3 times in a row. If he has 6 sneezing episodes during the day, how many times does he sneeze in total?
The total! 3(6)=n
Smith and his friend are gaming online. An hour goes by and 6 of his friends leave. There are now 5 left. How many of them in total were gaming at the beginning?
n-6=5
n=11
Leo plans to spend 5$ per person on presents for the holidays. He also spends 5$ on snacks for himself. If he spends 30$ in total, how many people did he buy presents for?
5n+5=30
n=5
"left over" means...
+
Trae drives to his cousins house at 40 miles per hour. If he travels 80 miles, how long does it take him to get there?
The rate! 40n=80
Draw me the diagram we use to figure out word problems!
Square x Circle + Rectangle= Triangle
James earns 10$ per hour babysitting his cousin. He has 30$ saved from last time. By the end of the night he has a total of 80$. How many hours did he babysit?
10n+30= 80$
10n=50$
n=5
gave away means...
-
Ellie eats apples everyday for 9 days. If Ellie eats the same amount of apples everyday, and she ate 18 apples in total, how many apples does she eat per day?
The group! n(9)=18
Juan is the best in the neighborhood at building snowmen, and all his friends need help. For every snowman, he rolls 3 snowballs. He also rolls 2 extra snowballs to throw at his sister. If Juan rolls 17 snowballs in total, how many friends did Juan help to make snowmen?
3n+2=17
3n=15
n=5
Jake got a job that pays him 15$ per hour. If he has 50$ saved and he works 8 hours in total, how much money does he have overall?
15(8)+50=n
120+50=170$
"per" also means...
x
Ray got a full pack of pencils! He gave each of his friends 3 pencils. At the end of the day he had 6 pencils left over. If he has 3 friends, then how many pencils did he have in total to start?
The total! 3(3) + 6= n
In school, the students say "bing-bong" 4 times every hour. A teacher says it back 3 extra times. If "bing-bong" is said in school a total of 27 times, how long are the students in school?
4(n)+3=27
4n=24
n=6
Tickets to the Patriots game cost 65$ per ticket. The family also spends 25$ on snacks. If 285$ was spent overall, how many tickets were bought?
65n+25=285
n=4
To split it up equally means...
/ (divided)
Jess has a total of 60 minutes to get ready in the morning and she slept an extra 15 mins on accident today. She has 5 things to do before she catches the bus. If she spends an equal amount of time on all of them, how much time does she spend on each task?
The group! n(5)+15=60
The cooking club made pies to sell. The cafeteria helped by donating 3 PIES to the club. Each pie is cut into 6 PIECES and sold. There are a total of 72 PIECES to sell. How many PIES did the club make?
n(6)+ 18= 72
6n=54
n=9