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Word Problems & Real World Examples
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#1Jane works as a waitress at the local diner. Jane is paid a flat rate of $15 on the days she works. In addition to her flat rate, she also earns $4 per hour in tips. Write an equation that represents the amount of money (y) that Jane makes, for working x hours.
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#2Joey goes to the amusement park to ride as many rides as he can. Each ride costs $2. In addition to paying for each ride, Joey must also pay admission into the park, which costs $8. Write an equation that represents the amount of money Joey will spend to ride x rides.
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#3Fun Times Music is offering a big promotional sale. The store is selling a grocery bag for $25 – but once you have the bag, any CD that you put into the bag will only cost you $2 more. What a deal! Write an equation that shows the cost of buying x CD’s.
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#4Tim earns $7 an hour working at McDonald’s. He also was given a signing bonus when he started of $25. Write an equation to represent Tim’s money for working x hours.
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#5A driving range charges $3 to rent a golf club plus $2.25 for every bucket of golf balls you drive. Write an equation that shows the total cost of driving 2 buckets of golf balls.
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#6Jamie tutors struggling math students during the week after school. Each student has to pay a sign up fee of $25. Every hour a student is tutored, Jamie makes $35. Write the equation showing how much Jamie makes for 6 hours of tutoring.
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#7Ashley is starting her own business of selling homemade soups. She is selling the soup by the can; each can is sold for $3. Every customer of soup has to register with Ashley to be on her mailing list – the registration fee is $150. Write an equation to show the profit Ashley will make when each customer buys 20 cans of soup.
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#8Susan has decided to get into shape for Spring Break. At the gym, she works out with weights for 35 minutes. After weights, Susan runs on the treadmill; every mile she runs, it takes her 12 ½ minutes. If Susan runs 5 miles in one work out, how long is her total work out?
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#9 A clothes designer manufactures 112 pairs of jeans every 8 minutes. What is the slope of the line and what does it represent?The number of jeans manufactured per minute
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#10 Nia and Trey both had a sore throat so their mom told them to gargle with warm salt water. Nia mixed 1 teaspoon salt with 3 cups water. Trey mixed ½ teaspoon salt with 1 ½ cups of water. Write an equation that relates s, the number of teaspoons of salt, with w, the number of cups of water, for both of these mixtures.
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#11 An amusement park will provide lunch for one person for $4, two people for $6, three people for $8, etc… Write an equation that models the price of lunch as a function of the number of people eating.
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#12 The distance traveled on a trip is directly proportional to the speed of the car. A car traveled 300 miles in six hours. Write an equation to represent y, the distance the car would travel in x hours.
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