Match Word Problems to Equations

Tim received 70 dollars for his birthday. He went to a sporting goods store and bought a baseball glove, baseball, and bat. He had 21 dollars left over, how much did he spend on the baseball gear?

• 70 - x = 21

• 70 + x = 21

• 21x = 70

• 70/x = 21

How many ink cartridges can you buy with 238 dollars if one cartridge costs 17 dollars?

• 17/x = 238

• 17 + x = 238

• 17x = 238

• 238x = 17

Tim had 16 peaches left at his roadside fruit stand. He went to the orchard and picked more peaches to stock up the stand. There are now 64 peaches at the stand, how many did he pick?

• 16 + x = 64

• 16x = 64

• 64 + x = 16

• 16/x = 64

Keith's high school played 14 football games this year. The team won most of their games. They were defeated during 4 games. How many games did they win?

• 4x = 14

• x + 4 = 14

• x - 4 = 14

• x/4 = 14

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Joey and four of his friends went out to eat. They decided to split the bill evenly. Each person paid $11.13. What was the total bill? Write an equation you could use to solve this equation. Use d as your variable.

• d/4=$11.13

• 4d=$11.13

• d/5=$11.13

• 5d=$11.13

A business that rents cars is open for 8 hours. On Monday the business had 45 cars.

• - The business rented 3 cars to customers during each of the first 5 hours.

• - The business rented 2 cars to customers during each of the next 3 hours.

• - The total number of cars that were brought back to the business on Moday was 17.

In which equation does c, represent the number of cars the business had at the end of the day on Monday.

• c = 45-(5+3)-(3+2)+17

• c = 45-(5x3)-(3x2)-17

• c = 45-(5+3)-(3+2)-17

• c = 45-(5x3)-(3x2)+17

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Jennifer made a deposit of $150 for soccer camp. Her unpaid balance was $300. Which equation would help you find the fee for soccer camp?

• x - 150 = 300

• 300 - x = 150

• 150x = 300

• 300 ÷ x = 150

The school budget had $293 to start with. Then, the subscription for MathCounts spent $6.50 per month. The budget was left with a total of $228. What is x?

• x = cost per month

• x = number of months

• x = starting cost