Solving Linear Equations in One Variable Word Problems

Fourteen less than eight times a number is three more than four times the number. What is the number?

• 7/2

• 17/2

• 7/4

• 17/4

When five is added to three more than a certain number, the result is 19. What is the number?

• 9

• 10

• 11

• 12

If five is subtracted from three times a certain number, the result is 10. What is the number?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

When 18 is subtracted from six times a certain number, the result is −42. What is the number?

• −4

• −7

• −14

• −24

A certain number added twice to itself equals 96. What is the number?

• • −30

• • −32

• 30

• 32

Sixty more than nine times a number is the same as two less than ten times the number. What is the number?

• 31

• 58

• 62

• 72

Eleven less than seven times a number is five more than six times the number. Find the number.

• 8

• 24

• 16

• 12

A number plus itself, plus twice itself, plus 4 times itself, is equal to −104. What is the number?

• −10

• −13

• −26

• −20

Write an equation and solve: John has twelve pictures on his phone. His friend took a few more. John now has seventeen pictures on his phone. How many pictures did his friend take?

• 29 pictures

• 5 pictures

• 0 pictures

• 7 pictures

Choose the best response: "A solution to an equation is ___________________."

• the answer

• the last step

• whatever Photomath tells me it is.

• the value of the variable that makes the equation true.