WRITING EXPRESSION AND EQUATION WORD PROBLEMS

Last week, Allie made $50 washing cars. This week, she made 3 times that amount babysitting. Which equation can be used to determine the amount of money, m, Allie made this week? 

• 3m = 50
• 50m = 3
• m = 3 x 50

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Jared bought 14 books at the school book fair. The fair uses this equation, C = 2.75b to determine the cost of the books,C, for b number of books. How much did Jared pay for his books? 

• $5.09
• $16.75
• $28.75
• $38.50

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In two days, Megan has read 62 pages of James and the Giant Peach. The book has 194 pages. If p represents the number of pages Megan has left to read, which equation represents the situation? 

• 2p + 62 =194
• 194 - p = 62
• 2p = 132
• 132 - p = 194

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Nadia and Sergio are saving money to buy bicycles. Nadia has $10 more than twice as many dollars as Sergio. If Sergio has a  dollars, which expression represents how much Nadia has saved? 

• (2a) x 10
• a + 2 x 10
• 2(a + 10)
• 2a + 10

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A plane traveling to New York has p passenger seats. The number of passengers seated on the plane is 175. Which expression can be used to find the number of empty seats on the plane? 

• 175 + p
• p - 175
• 175 - p

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