Multidigit Equations Word Problems

Cadin rents a bouncy house for a birthday party.  It costs $30.00 plus $4.00 per hour.  If he spends a total of $78.00, how many hours did he keep the bouncy house?

• $30.00 - $78.00 = $4.00h

• $78.00 + $30.00 = $4.00h

• $30.00 + $4.00h = $78.00

• $30.00 - $4.00h = $78.00

Lisa is cooking muffins. The recipe calls for 7 cups of sugar. She has already put in 2 cups. How many more cups does she need to put in?

• 2 + n = 7

• n - 7 = 2

• 2 - n = 7

• 7 + n = 2

After paying $5.12 for a salad, Daxton 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

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

• 14h = 112

• h + 14 = 112

• 14 / h = 112

• h - 14 = 112

A road side vegetable stand sells pumpkins for $5 each and tomatoes for $3 each. The total sales on a certain day was $98. What equation would show this situation?

A road side vegetable stand sells pumpkins for $5 each and tomatoes for $3 each. The total sales on a certain day was $98. If they sold 10 pumpkins, how many tomatoes were sold? (Just type the number of tomatoes)

At a pet store, it costs $5 to wash a cat, and $7.50 to wash a dog. Last week, the store made $60 from washing cats and dogs. If 6 cats were washed, how many dogs were washed? (Type just the number of dogs washed)

The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day, $5,050 is collected. If 1000 adults attended the fair, how many children attended?

•  4050 children

•  1050 children

•  700 children

•  366 children

For a field trip 4 students rode in cars, and the rest filled nine buses. 472 students went on the trip. Which equation models the situation?

• 4x = 472

• 9x = 472

• 4 + 9x = 472

• 4x + 9 = 472

You bought a magazine for $5 and four erasers. You spent a total of $29. Which equation could you solve to find out how much each eraser cost?

• 5 + x = 29

• 5 + 4x = 29

• 5x = 29

• 29 = 5x + 4