Equations - Set D

12

On Saturday, you bowl at Cheese's Fun Bowling Hut, where renting shoes costs $2 and each game bowled is $3.50. On Sunday, you bowl at Chuck a Ball at 10 Pinz where the shoe rental is $5 and each game bowled is $3.25. If you spent the same amount each day, how many games were bowled?

11

A twelve inch candle and an 18 inch candle are lit at 7pm. The 12-in. candle burns 0.5 inches every hour. The 18 inch candle burns two inches every hour. At what time will the two candles be the same height?

4

Cheese and his brother are having a swimming race. Cheese can swim 4 meters per minute, and his brother can swim 4.5 meters per minute. They start at the same time. After how many minutes will Cheese's brother be ahead of him by 2 meters?

45

Cheese bought a monthly music plan that has a base fee of $12.00 plus $.60 per dowloaded song. His bill was $39.00 last month. How many songs did he download?

100

Cheese is choosing between two cell phone plans that offer the same amount of free minutes. Phoneyphone's plan charges $39.99 per month with additional minutes costing $0.45. Buymyphone's plan costs $44.99 with additional minutes at $0.40. How many additional minutes will it take for the two plans to cost the same?

10

Cheese plays basketball in his school's indoor stadium. He has two payment options. Option A is to buy a membership card and pay $2 each time he goes to the gym. Option B is to pay $4 each time he goes. A membership card costs $20. After how many times will the cost of Option A be equal to the cost of Option B?

6

Cheese's sister can get $30 per day for selling clothes at the market. But, she has to pay $60 at first for renting a stand. Cheese can get $20 per day for helping his neighbor rake lawns. After how many days will your sister earn as much as you?

50

Container A and container B have leaks. Container A has 800 ml of water, and is leaking 6 ml per minute. Container B has 1000 ml, and is leaking 10 ml per minute. How many minutes will it take for the two containers to have the same amount of water?

25

If a number is doubled and then icreased by 20, the result is 5 less than three times the number. Find the number.

5

Virginia Home Cinema is considering a movie subscription plan that would cost $10 per month ad $5 per downloaded movie. If Cheese typically watches 7 movies a month and has $40 to spend, how much would he be over his budget?

20

You and your friend are having a race, but since you are faster than him, you decide to give him a head start. He starts 10m in front of the starting line while you start on the starting line. You run at 6 meters/second, while your friend runs at 5.5 meters/second. After how many seconds will you and your friend be same distance from the starting line?

23.75

Zoomycarz charges $45 per day plus $.25 per mile. Vroomvroomlikecheese charges a flat fee of $55 per day with ulimited miles. If Cheese plans to rent a car for two days and drive 215 miles, how much is one more expensive than the other?