Linear Equation in Standard Form from Word Problem

Faith was working admissions to the basketball game is $5 for students (x) and $7 for adults (y). If the faith made $500 dollars at the game on ticket sales, write an equation that represents this scenario.

• 7x+5y=500

• y=7x+500

• 5x+7y=500

• y=500x+7

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Dalyn is selling girl scout cookies. She sold 7 boxes of thin mints (x) and 12 boxes of tagalongs (y). If she made $82 selling cookies, write an equation that represents the scenario.

• 7x+12y=82

• 12x+7y=82

• 7x+82y=7

• y=7x+82

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Jackson sells 15 apples(x) and 20 oranges(y) and made $75. If oranges cost $1.50 per orange, how much did each apple cost?

• $2.63

• $2

• $1.50

• $3

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

Jamari made jam and has 8oz jars (x) and 10oz jars (y). He made 72 oz of jam. Write an equation to represent this scenario.

• 10x+8y=72

• 8x+10y=72

• 72x+8y=10

• 8x+72y=10

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Madison streams netflix (x) for $10.99 a month and spotify (y) for $5.99 a month. If she spent $96.88 total and had netflix for 5 months, how many months did she have spotify?

• 4 months

• 7 months

• 6 months

• 2 months

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A