Problem Solving

- Lola has $75. She buys a pair of shoes on sale for one-half off and a pair of socks for $6. She has $32 left. Which equation can be used to find x, the regular price of shoes?

- 1/2x+6+32=75

- For a school drama performance, student tickets cost $5 each and adults tickets cost $10 each. The seller collected $3,570 from 12 tickets sold, which equation can be used to find the amount of tickets sold of each type?

- 10(512-c)+5c=3,570

- Sorrel has 5 beads. She has 16 red beads, and the rest are half yellow and half green. How many yellow beads does she have?

- 19 beads

- Leda bakes 73 cupcakes and accidentally drops s of them. She divides them equally into 13 containers for a bake sale for the school band. How many cupcakes does Leda have left?

- 3 cupcakes

- The length of a rectangle is three times longer than its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 16 feet. If x represents the width of the rectangle, which equation can be used to find its value?

- 3x+3x+x+x=16

- One-third of a number, decreased by six equals eight. What is the number?

- 42

- In seven years, Huang will be two times as old as he was last year. How old is he now?

- 9 years old

- Which strategy could help solve this word problem?

- If x represents the number of pencils per box, solve the equation 8x+4=196

- Which of the following is a clue that would help solve this word problem?

- The rate of chan's rowing in still water is 8 mph.

- What question is being asked in this word problem?

- What was the regular price of the T-shirt?

- Which strategy that would help solve this word problem of five hours?

- write the equation (3x$3)+(2x7)=total cost

- If one-third of a number is greater than five less than twice a number, which of the following is true?

- x<3