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5x + 3
Solve for X: -2(x - 1) = 3x - 8
x = 2
Simplify: 2x + 3x + 14 - 2(x + 3) - 11 + 7
3x + 4
Solve: 3(x + 2) = 5x - 4
x = 5
Simplify: 7 + 3 + 2(3x + 1) + 2x
12 + 8x
You bought a magazine for $5 and four erasers. You spent a total of $25. How much did each eraser cost?
$5
How old am I if 200 cut in half is 80 more than my age?
Jill sold half of her comic books and then bought sixteen more. She now has 36. With how many did she begin?
40
Aliyah had some candy to give to her four children. She first took ten pieces for herself and then evenly divided the rest among her children. Each child received two pieces. With how many pieces did she start?
18
One number is 10 more than another. The sum of twice the smaller plus three times the larger, is 55. What are the two numbers?
5 and 15
The sum of two numbers is 99, and one of them is 17 more than the other. What are the two numbers?
41, 58
A class of 50 students is divided into two groups; one group has eight less than the other; how many are in each group?
21, 29
The sum of two numbers is 72, and one of them is five times the other; what are the two numbers?
12, 60
Maria bought seven boxes. A week later half of all her boxes were destroyed in a fire. There are now only 22 boxes left. With how many did she start?
37
Divide $80 among three people so that the second will have twice as much as the first, and the third will have $5 less than the second.
17, 34, 29
Two consecutive odd numbers are such that three times the first is 5 more than twice the second. What are those two odd numbers?
9, 11
The sum of three consecutive numbers is 87; what are they?
28, 29, 30
The number of right-handed students in a math class is nine times the number of left-handed students. The total number of students is 30. How many right-handed students are in the class? Left-handed?
Right-handed=27 Left-handed=3
On Tuesday Shanice bought five hats. On Wednesday half of all the hats that she had were destroyed. On Thursday there were only 17 left. How many did she have on Monday?
29
A group of 266 persons consists of men, women, and children. There are four times as many men as children, and twice as many women as children. How many of each are there?
x = 38. 4x = 152. 2x = 76.
The Cooking Club made some pies to sell at a basketball game to raise money for the new math books. The cafeteria contributed four pies to the sale. Each pie was then cut into five pieces and sold. There were a total of 60 pieces to sell. How many pies did the club make?
8
Four times the sum of a number and 23 is 4 more than twice the number.
-44
You and Tom are having a biking race. You can bike 40 meters per minute, and your brother can bike 42 meters per minute. You start 100m in front of the starting line while Tom starts on the starting line. After how many minutes will you and Tom be same distance from the starting line?
50 minutes