Ex. Mr. Bogle S IQ Is 10 More Than 3 Times As Much As Mr. Reiland S. Write an Equation

Name: ______

Directions: For each of the following situations below, first, tell what your variables will stand for. Then write an equation describing what is taking place. Use y and x as your variables.

Ex. Mr. Bogle’s IQ is 10 more than 3 times as much as Mr. Reiland’s. Write an equation relating Mr. Bogle’s IQ to Mr. Reiland’s. x = Mr. Reiland’s IQ y = Mr. Bogle’s IQ

Equation: y = 3x + 10

1.) Preston says he has twice as much money as his sister does, write a equation relating Preston’s money to his sister’s. (Hint: his sister will have x dollars.) x = ______y = ______Equation: ______2.) Annabelle is walking 3 miles per hour. Write an equations showing how far she can walk for any number of hours. x = ______y = ______Equation: ______3.) Bean makes $12 per hour working for his uncle. Write an equation showing how much he will make for any number of hours. x = ______y = ______Equation: ______4.) Michaela mother is three times as old as Michaela. Write an equation to relating Michaela’s age to her mom’s. x = ______y = ______Equation: ______

5.) Erik is a baseball card dealer. He buys the cards and then sells them to unsuspecting 5th graders. He makes an average of $.25 of profit per card. (Profit is the amount he makes above and beyond the cost of the card to him.) Write an equation of the number of cards he sells to the amount of profit he makes. x = ______y = ______Equation: ______6.) Perkins™ always figures the selling price of their meals by taking 1½ times their cost of the ingredients and adding $1.25 for the cost of the preparation. Write a relationship for this. x = ______y = ______Equation: ______

7.) Erick, the electrician, charges $40 to come to your house to work on it, plus he charges $30 per hour. Write an equation relating the time he works to the amount you have to pay. x = ______y = ______Equation: ______8.) Achidi, the furnace repair man, charges $60 to come to your house to fix your furnace, he also charges an hourly rate of $35. Write a equation relating the time he works to the amount you have to pay. x = ______y = ______Equation: ______9.) The temperature on an average May day rises 4 degrees per hour. If a day starts out at 40 degrees, write a equation which will give the temperature after a given number of hours pass. x = ______y = ______Equation: ______10.) Butcher Destiny, charges $8.95 per pound for Filet Mignon. She also charges $8.50 to deliver meat to your house. Write an equation that tells how much it would cost to have x pounds of Filet Mignon delivered to your house. x = ______y = ______Equation: ______11.) The lottery divides the money evenly if there is more than one winner. Write an equation relating how much each person gets if the lottery is up to $42,000,000, and there is more than one winner. x = ______y = ______Equation: ______12.) Vanessa makes the statement that no matter what you make per hour baby sitting, she can make one dollar more. Write an equation showing how the money you each make is related. x = ______y = ______Equation: ______