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Jasper works at Delish Desserts bakery, where he bakes and sells French macarons. On Saturday morning, Jasper sold 18 macarons. He had 24 macarons left to sell in the afternoon.
Solve this equation to find the number of macarons Jasper had to start.
Jasper started with 42 macarons
Mrs. Lang ordered a box of glitter paint for her students to use in art class. She split the bottles of paint evenly among 8 caddies for her art tables. Each caddy got 4 bottles of paint.
Solve this equation to find how many bottles of paint Mrs. Lang has in all.
Mrs. Lang has 32 bottles of paint
On Saturday mornings, Jacob volunteers at the hospital where his mother works. One Saturday, he answers phone calls at the information desk while the receptionist is away. Then he spends 40 minutes delivering flowers to patients' rooms. In all, Jacob volunteers at the hospital for 90 minutes that day.
Solve this equation for t to find the amount of time that Jacob answers phone calls.
He spent 50 minutes answering phone calls.
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Mr. Baldwin is getting a swimming pool for his backyard. He is deciding between a rectangular pool and a square pool. The rectangular pool has a perimeter of r feet. Mr. Baldwin doesn't like the square pool as much because its perimeter is 25 feet less than the rectangular pool. The square pool has a perimeter of 75 feet.
r - 25 = 75
Jasmine buys 8 pieces of fudge. Each piece of fudge costs $0.12. How much does Jasmine spend?
$0.96
At the Wild West amusement park, Florence's favorite ride is the Blazing Bullet roller coaster. The roller coaster normally has a lot of seats to choose from, but Florence noticed that 12 of the seats are now reserved for season pass holders. There are 42 seats remaining for people without season passes.
Solve this equation to find the total number of seats on the Blazing Bullet roller coaster.
There are 54 seats on the Blazing Bullet roller coaster
Jon's New Year's resolution is to read a little bit every day, and he's off to a good start! Jon has read the same amount of time each day for the past 4 days. He's read 60 minutes in all.
Solve this equation to find the amount of time Jon read each day.
Jon read for 15 minutes each day
At Wild West amusement park, Bert's favorite ride is the Blazing Bullet roller coaster. There are 8 cars on the Blazing Bullet, and each car can hold the same number of people. A total of 48 people can ride on the Blazing Bullet at one time.
Which equation can you use to find the number of people n each car can hold?
Each car can hold 6 people.
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Ms. Maynard brought q math quizzes home to grade over the weekend. She could only grade 31 of the quizzes on Saturday. So, she had 56 quizzes left to grade on Sunday.
q - 31 = 56
The regular price for a three-ring binder is $6.64. Today it is on sale for $6.24 off. If Martin buys the binder today, how much will he pay?
$0.40
Mr. Ferarra is planning a field trip to the history museum for all of the students at his middle school. The school's buses can only transport 144 students. Mr. Ferarra needs to rent more buses for the remaining 290 students.
Solve this equation to find the total number of students going on the field trip.
There are 434 students going on the field trip
Brody is making welcome bags for some foreign exchange students joining his school. He divides a box of pencils evenly among 8 welcome bags. Each bag gets 4 pencils.
Solve this equation to find how many pencils were in the box.
There were 32 pencils in the box.
Every day, Bert walks by the same grocery store on his way home from school. Most days he goes in to buy a snack. Today he's craving peanut-butter pretzels, so he fills a small bag from the bulk bin section. After weighing the bag on the scale, he removes 0.15 pounds of pretzels. Now the bag weighs 0.25 pounds.
Solve this equation for w to find the weight of the bag before Bert removes the pretzels.
The bag weighed .4 pounds before Bert removes the pretzels.
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At Wild West Theme Park, Manny's favorite ride is the Cattle Drive Coaster. There are 8 cars, and each car can hold p people. A total of 64 people can ride the Cattle Drive Coaster at one time.
8p = 64
9 aquariums cost $405. If the aquariums all cost the same amount, how much does each aquarium cost?
$45
After Bridgette's first drawing class, she wanted to buy some new art supplies so she could practice at home. First, Bridgette bought a sketchbook from a craft store that cost $12.39 after taxes. Then, she bought a specialty set of markers online. In all, Bridgette spent $29.76 on her art supplies.
Solve this equation to find how much Bridgette spent on the markers.
Brigette spent $17.37 on markers.
The Fairbrook Veterans Day parade is next week, and Samir is going to hand out candy during the parade. He bought a box of assorted candy from Taffy Twirls, a bulk candy shop. The box is divided into 5 sections, one for each kind of candy. There are 65 pieces of candy in each section.
Solve this equation to find how many pieces of candy are in the box.
There are 325 pieces of candy in the box.
On the first day of summer break, Craig and his friends go to the theater to see the latest action movie, Dark Emperor: Fist of Vengeance. After Craig buys a ticket, he also buys a bucket of popcorn and a soda for $9.75. In all, Craig spends $20.75 at the movie theater.
Solve this equation for c to find the cost of Craig's ticket.
He spent $11 on a ticket.
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Every fall, Dominic and his family pick a mix of apples that they use to make pies. This year, they picked 9 fewer pounds of green apples than red apples. In all, Dominic and his family picked r pounds of red apples and 13 pounds of green apples.
r - 9 = 13
Dominic and Erica each decided to donate money to a local school. Dominic donated $100,000, and Erica donated $100,000. Together, how much did Dominic and Erica donate?
$200,000
Last Saturday, Liz bought a robot kit from Brainmasium Toy Store for $176.45 after taxes. Then, she went back to the store on Sunday to buy a robot obstacle course kit for her new robot. Liz spent $312.56 over the weekend in all.
Solve this equation to find how much Liz spent on the obstacle course kit.
Liz spent $136.11 on the obstacle course kit
Nellie made her famous chocolate fudge to bring to her book club meeting. After it cooled, she carefully divided the block of fudge into 16 equal-sized cubes. Each cube had a volume of 8 cubic centimeters.
Solve this equation to find the volume of the entire block of fudge.
The volume of the entire block of fudge is 128 cubic centimeters
The Sweet Slice pie shop sells organic pies with locally-sourced ingredients. One night after work, Lester brings home part of a bumbleberry pie to share between his mom, dad, sister, and himself. Lester cuts the leftover pie into 4 equal parts, and each family member gets 1/6 of a whole pie.
Use an equation to find the total amount of pie that Lester brings home.
He brings home 4/6 (2/3) of a pie.
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Colleen recently learned how to knit and wants to make a scarf for her aunt. She wants the scarf to be s inches long. She started knitting and has completed 18 inches so far. Colleen has 42 inches left to knit.
s - 18 = 42
It costs $387.00 to buy 50 scary masks. If the masks all cost the same amount, what is the price of each mask?
$7.74