One and Two Step Equations

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Which of the following equations have x = 8 as a solution? Select all that apply.

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Write an equation for the following and solve for x.

15% of x is 4.5

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Girl Scout cookies are now on sale! The troop leader uses the following equation to calculate the amount of profit, p, made from selling b boxes of cookies. How many boxes of cookies must be sold to make a profit of $1,000?

p=5.50b-375

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5 treat bags each contain 6 sour patch kids and the same number of starbursts. Altogether, the bags contain 55 candies. What is the equation that represents this situation and what is the number of starbursts per treat bag, x?

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Equation

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Solution

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Equation - Do not use dollar signs

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Solution

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Select the correct equation for the following word problems:

Santi has $50 from his birthday to spend at Gamestop. He bought a game for $35 and two identical controllers for 'x' dollars each. What is the equation that represents this situation and the cost for each controller?__________

Noah and his sister are making gift bags for a birthday party. Each bag contains 3 pencil erasers and x stickers. After filling 4 bags, they have used a total of 44 items. What is the equation that represents this situation and how many stickers are in each bag?__________

A skating rink charges a group rate of $9.00 plus a fee to rent each pair of skates.  A family rents 7 pairs of skates and pays a total of $23. What is the equation that represents this situation and the cost to rent one pair of skates? __________

One and Two Step Equations

Which of the following equations have x = 8 as a solution? Select all that apply.

Write an equation for the following and solve for x.15% of x is 4.5

Girl Scout cookies are now on sale! The troop leader uses the following equation to calculate the amount of profit, p, made from selling b boxes of cookies. How many boxes of cookies must be sold to make a profit of $1,000?p=5.50b-375

5 treat bags each contain 6 sour patch kids and the same number of starbursts. Altogether, the bags contain 55 candies. What is the equation that represents this situation and what is the number of starbursts per treat bag, x?

Equation

Solution

Equation - Do not use dollar signs

Solution

Which of the following equations have x = 8 as a solution? Select all that apply.

Write an equation for the following and solve for x.15% of x is 4.5

Girl Scout cookies are now on sale! The troop leader uses the following equation to calculate the amount of profit, p, made from selling b boxes of cookies. How many boxes of cookies must be sold to make a profit of $1,000?p=5.50b-375

5 treat bags each contain 6 sour patch kids and the same number of starbursts. Altogether, the bags contain 55 candies. What is the equation that represents this situation and what is the number of starbursts per treat bag, x?

Equation

Solution

Equation - Do not use dollar signs

Solution

Write an equation for the following and solve for x.

15% of x is 4.5

Girl Scout cookies are now on sale! The troop leader uses the following equation to calculate the amount of profit, p, made from selling b boxes of cookies. How many boxes of cookies must be sold to make a profit of $1,000?

p=5.50b-375

Write an equation for the following and solve for x.

15% of x is 4.5

Girl Scout cookies are now on sale! The troop leader uses the following equation to calculate the amount of profit, p, made from selling b boxes of cookies. How many boxes of cookies must be sold to make a profit of $1,000?

p=5.50b-375