Word Problems
A school carnival sold student tickets for $5 each. If the school collected $140 from student ticket sales, how many student tickets were sold?
28 tickets
4x + 7 − 2x + 5
2x + 12
x − 9 = 16
x = 6
18x/24
3x/4
Who is SpongeBob SquarePants' grumpy next-door neighbor who plays the clarinet?
Squidward Tentacles
A cell phone company charges a $20 monthly fee plus $8 per gigabyte of data used. If your bill was $76, how many gigabytes of data did you use?
7 GB
3(2x − 5) − 4(x + 1)
2x - 19
4x + 7 = 31
x = 6
x/5 + 2x/5
3x/5
What Disney princess has a pet chameleon named Pascal?
Rapunzel
The perimeter of a rectangular garden is 54 feet. The length is 3 feet longer than twice the width. Find the length and the width.
Width = 8 ft, Length = 19 ft
(x + 4)(x − 7)
x2 - 3x - 28
5x − 8 = 2x + 13
x = 7
(3x/8)(4/x)
3/2
What is the name of Thor's enchanted hammer that only those deemed worthy can lift?
Mjolnir
A basketball player made 3 more free throws in the second game than in the first game. The product of the number of free throws made in the two games was 88. How many free throws did the player make in each game?
8 in the first game, 11 in the second game
(6x2 - 24x)/3x
2x - 8
4x/4 + 5 = 3x/8
x = 40
(x - 2)/3 = 8/5
x = 34/8
What is the name of the bounty hunter who captures Jabba's son and delivers him to Count Dooku?
Cad Bane
Two cars leave the same city at the same time and travel in opposite directions. One car travels 12 mph faster than the other. After 4 hours, they are 336 miles apart. How fast is each car traveling?
36 mph and 48 mph
(3x2y-1)2(2xy3)/6x3
3xy
2x2 − 7x − 15 = 0
x = 5 or x = -3/2
(x2 - 16)/(x2 - 4x)
Which element has the chemical symbol W, a name derived from the German word Wolfram, and is commonly used in light bulb filaments because of its extremely high melting point?
Tungsten