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After paying $5.12 for a salad, Kamauri has $27.10. How much money did he have before buying the salad?

• n + $5.12 = $27.10

• n - $5.12 = $27.10

• n - $5.12 = -$27.10

• $5.12 - n = $27.10

Mary earns $14 per hour. Which equation represents how many hours she worked to earn $112? 

• 14h = 112

• 14 / h = 112

• h + 14 = 112

• h - 14 = 112

In this soccer season, Emma has scored 1 more than twice the number of Nick's goals.  If Emma has scored 15 goals, which equation can be used to find x, the number of Nick's goals?

• x - 15 = 1

• x + 1 = 15

• 2x + 1 = 15

• x + 1 = x + 15