You are buying the hamburgers and chicken for a party. The hamburgers cost $2.75 per pound and the chicken is $3.50 per pound. If you have $75 to spend, write and solve a linear equation to find how many pounds of chicken you can afford if you buy 12 pounds of hamburger.
Create Linear Equation Word Problems

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Mathematics
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8th - 10th Grade
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Hard
Barbara White
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22 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
slope intercept
standard form
point slope form
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Jake spent a three-day weekend on the lake. On Saturday, he rented a pontoon boat for three hours and paid $435. On Sunday, he rented the same boat for five hours and it cost him $190 more than it did the day before. If he rented the same boat on Monday for just two hours, find the the total cost to rent the boat for the three days.
slope intercept form
standard form
point slope form
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
An airplane at 30,100 feet above the ground begins descending at the rate of 2,150 feet per minute. Write and solve a linear equation to find how many minutes it will take the plane to reach the ground.
slope intercept form
standard form
point slope form
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
A candlestick burns at a rate of 0.2 inches per hour. After eight straight hours of burning, the candlestick is 13.4 inches tall. Write and solve a linear equation to find the original height of the candle.
slope intercept form
standard form
point slope form
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
A group of mountain climbers begin an expedition with 250 pounds of food. They plan to eat a total of 12 pounds of food per day. Write and solve a linear equation to find the number of days their food will last.
slope intercept form
standard form
point slope form
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
A tire dealer sells all-season tires for $68 each and all-terrain tires for $125 each. In one day, the sales both tires totaled $3,926. If 14 all-terrain tires were sold, write and solve a linear equation to find the number of all-season tires sold.
slope intercept form
standard form
point slope form
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Since Beth was born, the population of her town has increased at a rate of 850 people per year. On Beth’s 9th birthday, the total population was nearly 307,650. Write and solve a linear equation to find the population on Beth’s 16th birthday.
slope intercept form
standard form
point slope form
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