Linear equation word problems
Dimitri is helping to plan the school talent show. Each performer for the talent show has 6 minutes for his or her performance, which includes transition time between performances. If the introduction for the talent show is 24 minutes long and the entire show, including the introduction, will last 150 minutes, how many different performances can the talent show accommodate?
What is 21?
The property taxes in a town decrease as the distance from the local elementary school increases. The greatest property taxes are 4.5% and for every 10 miles from the school, property taxes decrease by 0.50 percentage points. If a house's property taxes are 3%, what is the distance of that house from the school?
What is 30 miles?
Dalia is installing a tile floor in a rectangular room. Dalia has 152 tiles available to tile the room. If each row requires 9.5 tiles, and 19 tiles broke while Dalia is laying the floor, how many full rows of unbroken tile can she install before running out of tiles?
What is 14?
Kim and Cyndi are starting a business tutoring students in math. They rent an office for $400 per month and charge $40 per hour per student. If they have 15 students each for one hour per week how much profit do they make together in a month? (assume 4 weeks per month)
What is $4,400?
Many counties in Florida missed many school days in the fall of 2004 due to hurricanes that year. A solution for how to make up those days was to add time to each school day for a portion of the year. It was decided that in order to make up a 6 hour school day, 10 minutes would be added to each day. How many extended days would be needed to make up 3 school days?
What is 108 days?