19- Solving Problems

Sam has saved $40. She earns $10.50 per hour at his job. She plans on buying a concert ticket for $250.

Enter the minimum number of hours Sam must work in order to buy the concert ticket.

Jen bought 3 boxes of Goldfish crackers and 2 cans of soda for a total cost of $8.88. Each can of soda costs $1.20.

Enter the cost, in dollars, of 1 box of Goldfish crackers.

Miss V has 160 students. Three-fifths of the students are boys. How many girls does Miss V have?

Blake takes an taxi home from the store. The taxi company charges $5.00 as an initial cost to pick him up, and $3.50 for every mile to his destination. Blake's ride home cost a total of $36.50.

Enter an equation to represent the situation. Let m represent the number of miles to his house.

A coach buys a jersey and basketball for each of his 11 players on the team. Each basketball cost $10. The coach spends a total of $385 on both jerseys and basketballs.

Enter an equation that models the situation with j, the cost of 1 jersey.

Joey makes bird food by mixing sunflower seeds and corn kernels. He bought 3 pounds of sunflower seeds. He also bought some corn kernels. Sunflower seeds and corn kernels each cost $1.60 per pound. The total amount Joey spent on the sunflower seeds and corn kernels was $8.80.

Enter the number of pounds of corn kernels Joey purchased.