Equations

Find the value for m that will make the following two expressions equivalent:

-6.9x + m and -3(2.3x - 1.4) + 5.6

• m = 1.4

• m = 9.8

• m = -1.4

• m = -9.8

Cindy has a job on a orchard.

• She earns $3.10 every 10 minutes shes picks apples.
• She earns $4.00 every 15 minutes she picks pears.
• She picked apples for an hour and then spent 30 minutes picking pears.

How much money did Cindy earn?

• $10.60

• $8.00

• $26.60

• 23.20

Steven spends $680 on monthly bills. Of this total amount, 15% is for his cell phone, 2/5 is for internet service, and 1/4 is for utilities. The rest of the total amount is put into savings.

How much does Robert put into savings each month?

• $170

• $272

• $375

• $136

26𝑥 − 7𝑦 + 4(10𝑥 − 6𝑦)

• 66x+17y

• 66x-31y

• 14x+34y

• 66x-34y

Carla saved $25 per month for 3 and 1/4 years. She spent 85% of her savings on a television. How much money does Carla have left in her savings?

• $150

• $828.75

• $975

• $146.25

It is Girl Scout Cookie Season! Yay! My favorite Lemonades are $4 a box and the Girl Scout S’mores are $5 a box. Write an expression that represents the cost of 𝑥 number of Lemonades and 𝑦 number of S’mores cookies.

• 4x+5y

• $9(x+y)

• $4(x+5)

• $9x

My mother ordered Disney+ (𝑑) and Neflix (𝑛) for our family Christmas gift. If both streaming services are $12.99 a month, write two expressions that represent the cost my mother is spending each month.

• $25.98(d+n)

• 12.99d + 12.99n

• 12.99(d+n)

• 12.99dn

James is buying a new shirt. He has a coupon that will give him 20% discount of the original price (𝑝) of the shirt. Write 2 expressions that could be used to find the new cost of the shirt after the discount

• 0.80p

• 0.20p

• 20%

• p - 0.20p

Shelby eats dinner at a local restaurant. The sales tax is 8%. Write 2 expressions that could be used to find the new cost of her meal (𝑚) including the sales tax.

• 0.92m

• m + 0.08m

• m - 0.08m

• 1.08m

A store is having a 40% off sale. Jared says that he can find the sale price of the regular priced item (𝑛) by evaluating the expression 0.6𝑛. Kelsey says that she can find the sale price for the same item by evaluating the expression 𝑛 − 0.4𝑛. Which student is correct?

• Jared

• Kelsey

• Both Jared and Kelsey

• Neither are correct