Creating Equations✭

Practice Questions

Common Core: High School - Algebra › Creating Equations✭

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There are 5 apples in a small fruit basket and 10 apples in a large fruit basket. If Sally buys a total of 5 fruit baskets that have a combined total of 40 apples, write a system of equations that describes Sally's situation.

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There are 5 apples in a small fruit basket and 10 apples in a large fruit basket. If Sally buys a total of 5 fruit baskets that have a combined total of 40 apples, write a system of equations that describes Sally's situation.

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There are 5 apples in a small fruit basket and 10 apples in a large fruit basket. If Sally buys a total of 5 fruit baskets that have a combined total of 40 apples, write an equation that represents the total number of apples that Sally has.

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There are a total of 78 firefighters in a town. There are 4 fire departments in the town: North, South, East, and West. The North Department has 13 firefighters. The East Department has 43 firefighters. Let W represent the number of firefighters in the West Department and S represent the number of firefighters in the South Department. Which equation best illustrates this situation?

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There are 5 apples in a small fruit basket and 10 apples in a large fruit basket. If Sally buys a total of 5 fruit baskets that have a combined total of 40 apples, write an equation that represents the total number of apples that Sally has.

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There are a total of 78 firefighters in a town. There are 4 fire departments in the town: North, South, East, and West. The North Department has 13 firefighters. The East Department has 43 firefighters. Let W represent the number of firefighters in the West Department and S represent the number of firefighters in the South Department. Which equation best illustrates this situation?

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Jimmy has a collection of baseball cards. He wants to make at least $75.00 by selling some of them for $5.00 per card. Which inequality best represents this goal?

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Jimmy has a collection of baseball cards. He wants to make at least $75.00 by selling some of them for $5.00 per card. Which inequality best represents this goal?

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To calculate simple interest the following formula is used.

Solve the equation for .

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Jimmy has a collection of baseball cards. He wants to make at most $50.00 by selling some of them for $3.00 per card. Which inequality best represents this goal?

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