Solving by Combining Like Terms
Solving by Using the Distributive Property
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Word Problems
100
5h + 2 + 2h = 23
h = 3
100
2(x + 5) = 14
x = 2
100
Somewhere over the Rainbow
100
Wave goodbye
100
Half Baked
200
Thumbs Up
200
Troy has more than two dogs at home. All of them are corgis, except for two. All of them are pugs, except for two. All of them are labs, except for two. What kinds of dogs and how many of each kind does Troy have?
3 Dogs: one corgi, one pug, one lab
200
Simplify.
19x - 24x
-5x
200
x + 3x = -8
x = -2
200
The underdog
300
3a + 12 - 6a = -9
a = 7
300
Bump in the Night
300
Simplify.
3 + 5(a + 4)
5a + 23
300
What do an island and the letter “t” have in common?
They are both in the middle of water.
300
Tyler has 4 boxes of apples. Each box has the same number of apples. After Tyler eats 3 apples, there are 109 apples left in the boxes. How many apples were in each box?
a - # of apples in each box
4a - 3 = 109
a = 28
There were 28 apples in each box.
400
A father and son are in a horrible car crash that kills the dad. The son is rushed to the hospital; just as he’s about to go under the knife, the surgeon says, “I can’t operate—that boy is my son!”
Who is the surgeon?
The boy's mother
400
-2(x - 9) = -24
x = 21
400
Simplify.
- (2b - 4)
-2b + 4
400
-6(m + 1) + 18 = 24
m = -2
400
Mr. Bucci goes to the grocery store and purchases 17 bags of raisins and a $2.97 jar of peanut butter. His total cost was $34.76. What was the cost for a bag of raisins?
r - cost of a bag of raisins
17r + 2.97 = 34.76
r = 1.87
Each bag of raisins cost $1.87
500
78 = 3c + 12 - c + 4
c = 31
500
-13(4 + 2a) = 208
a = -10
500
Cut above the rest
500
7k - 8 + 2(k + 12) = 52
k = 4
500
What runs but never walks,
has a mouth but never talks,
has a bed but never sleeps,
has a head but never weeps?
A river