Equation Word Problems

Equation Word Problems Name: Period Date: Mod 3 EE Show all work. 1. Ryan is saving money to buy a skate board that costs $85. He has already saved $40. He plans to save the same amount each week for three weeks. Write an equation to represent the situation using the letter x to represent the weeks. Then solve it. Variable

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2. Sue wants to buy some CD’s that each cost $14, and a DVD that costs $23. She has $65. Write and solve an equation to find out how many CD’s she can buy. Variable

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3. Chris is saving money to buy a bike that costs $189. He has saved $99 so far. He plans on saving $10 each week. In how many weeks will he have enough money to buy the bike? Write an equation and then solve it. Variable

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4. It costs $7.50 to enter a petting zoo. Each cup of food to feed the animals is $2.50. If you have $12.50, how many cups can you buy? Write an equation and then solve it. Variable

Equation: 5. The perimeter of a rectangle is 48 centimeters. Its length is 16 cm. What is the width w? Write an equation and then solve it. Variable Equation:

6. A rental company charges $30 a day plus $0.05 a mile. a.)Write an equation the represent this situation. Use c for the total cost and m for the number of miles b.) If the Smith family paid $49.75 for their car rental, how many miles did they travel? Use your equation to solve.

7. The length of each side of an equilateral triangle is increased by 5 inches, so the perimeter is now 60 inches. Write and solve an equation to find the original length of each side of the equilateral triangle. Variable Equation:

8. Anne bought a necklace for each of her three sisters. She paid $7 for each necklace. Suppose she has $9 left. Write an equation to find how much money Anne had initially to spend on each sister. Variable Equation:

9. Last summer, Gary trained 32 more dogs than Zina. Together they trained 126 dogs. How many dogs did Gary train? Variable Equation: 10. Julius sold five times as many computers as Sam sold last year. In total, they sold 78 computers. How many computers did Julius sell? Variable Equation:

11. In one season, Ana ran 18 races. This was four fewer races than twice the number of races Kelly ran. How many races did Kelly run? Variable Equation:

12. André hit four more home runs than twice the number of home runs Larry hit. Together they hit 10 home runs. How many home runs did André hit? Variable Equation:

13. The sixth grade has collected $116.75 for a local animal shelter. Their goal is to collect $500. They have 3 weeks left. How much money must they collect each week? Variable Equation: