Represent Word Problems

Jessica and her 2 sisters want to take a camping trip. They have $225 saved. Each of them will save $21 a week until they have at least $512 to pay for the trip. How much money will they save after 4 weeks? Will they have enough money to pay for the trip? What are the hidden questions?

• How much more money do they need to save to pay for the trip?

• How much will the trip cost?

• How much will Jessica save each week?

• How much money have they already saved?

• How much money will they save each week?

Jessica and her 2 sisters want to take a camping trip. They have $225 saved. Each of them will save $21 a week until they have at least $512 to pay for the trip. How much money will they save after 4 weeks? Will they have enough money to pay for the trip?
Choose an equation that can be used to answer each hidden question:
How much more money do they need to save to pay for the trip?
How much money will they save each week?

• $512 + $225 = $735

• $512 − $225 = $287

• $225 + $21 = $246

• $21 × 3 = $63

• $21 ÷ 3 = $7

Jessica and her 2 sisters want to take a camping trip. They have $225 saved. Each of them will save $21 a week until they have at least $512 to pay for the trip. How much money will they save after 4 weeks? Will they have enough money to pay for the trip? Solve an equation to find how much money they will save after 4 weeks. Will they have enough to pay for the trip?

• They will save $252 after 4 weeks. They have $28 extra.

• They will save $189 after 4 weeks. They are $35 short.

Select all the equations that are true.

• 5 × 4 = 4 + 4 + 4 + 5

• 326 + 345 = 226 + 445

• 100 − 51 = 7 × 7

• 217 + 113 = 117 + 213

• 60 ÷ 12 = 6 × 1

Ellie wants to break the record for the most aces served in a tennis season. This season, she has served 46 aces. If she serves 14 aces at each match in the next 3 matches, she will break the record by 1 ace serve. How many total aces will she need to serve to break the record by 1 ace? Complete the bar diagrams.

• A. 14

• B. 42

• A. 88

• B. 60

What is the unknown?

6 x b = 54

• 8

• 9

• 12

• 121

What is the unknown?

m ÷11 = 11

• 8

• 9

• 12

• 121

What is the unknown?

96 ÷ q = 8

• 8

• 9

• 12

• 121

What is the unknown?

s x 4 = 32

• 8

• 9

• 12

• 121

Use the bar diagram to complete and solve an equation for the problem. Maisy’s coffee shop has 225 holiday travel mugs in 9 designs. The owner wants to put each design on a different display shelf. There are an equal number of travel mugs with each design. How many mugs go on each shelf?

• A 15

• B 25

• x

• ÷