Real World Word Problems with Linear Equations

Joanna has $10 to start and earns $20 each week. How much money will she have after 3 weeks?

• 70

• 60

• 50

• 90

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

Bob's Plumbing charges $25 per hour plus a service fee of $40 for coming out to your house. Which equation models this situation?

• y = 25x + 40

• y = 40x + 25

• y = 25x

• y = 25x - 40

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

A holiday meal cost $12.50 a person plus a delivery fee of $30. Which equation represents the amount a holiday meal costs(y), including delivery, for x people?

• y = 12.50 + 30x

• y = 30 + 12.50x

• y = 12.50 + 30

• 12.50x = 30

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

A canoe rental service charges a $20 transportation fee and $30 dollars an hour to rent a canoe.  Write and graph an equation representing the cost, y, of renting a canoe for x hours. 

• y = $50x
• y = $20x + 30
• y = $30x + $20
• $30x + y = $20

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

You plan to go snowboarding. The resort charges $15 an hour in addition to $25 to rent a board. Write an equation that represents the cost to go snowboarding for the day.

• y=15x-25
• 15x+25y=100
• 25x+y=15
• y=15x+25

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

Lee charges $3 for a basket and $2.50 for each pound of fruit picked at the orchard. Write an equation in y = mx + b form for the total cost of x pounds of fruit from the orchard.

• y = 3x + 2.5
• y = 2.50x + 3
• y = 2.50x 
• y = 3x + 2.50

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

You are selling t-shirts for Student Council at school. Your club starts out with $200 in their bank. You then sell t-shirts for 6 dollars a shirt. Select the equation that matches this situation. Then find out how much money you would make if you sold 45 t-shirts.

SELECT TWO ANSWERS.

• $470

• $9,006

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

For lunch, Amanda had a hamburger and some potato chips. The hamburger totaled 325 calories and each chip had 12 calories. Write a linear equation to represent the situation.

• y = 12 + 325
• y = 12x  + 325
• y = 325 - 12x
• y = 325x + 12

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9

Jacob is looking for a job delivering pizzas. Tino’s Pizza is offering Jacob $25 base pay and then $3 per pizza that he delivers. What would x and y represent in this situation?

• X: Total Money Made

  Y: Number of Pizzas

• X: Number of Pizzas

  Y: Total Money Made

• Variables should be numbers and not words.

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CCSS.8.F.A.1

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.1

For lunch, Amanda had a hamburger and some potato chips. The hamburger totaled 325 calories and each chip had 12 calories. Write a linear equation to represent the situation.

• y = 12 + 325
• y = 12x  + 325
• y = 325 - 12x
• y = 325x + 12

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CCSS.6.EE.C.9