Lesson 1.2: Problem Solving Answers

Armando bought 45 baseball cards. Of the 12 friends he invited to his cookout, half of them were able to attend. Armando gave each of his friends at the cookout the same number of baseball cards and had 3 cards left for himself. How many baseball cards did each friend receive?

The length of a rectangle is three times longer than its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 16 feet. If x represents the width of the rectangle in feet, which equation can be used to find its value?

Two times a number plus four is 22. What is the number?

In seven years, Huang will be two times as old as he was last year. How old is he now?

Iola has $75. She buys a pair of shoes on sale for one-half off and a pair of socks for $6. She has $32 left. Which equation can be used to find x, the regular price of the shoes?

Read the word problem below.Chan rows at a rate of eight miles per hour in still water. On Wednesday, it takes him three hours to row upstream from his house to the park. He rows back home, and it takes him two hours. What is the speed of the current? Which of the following is a clue that would help solve this word problem?

For a school drama performance, student tickets cost $5 each and adult tickets cost $10 each. The sellers collected $3,570 from 512 tickets sold. Which equation can be used to find c, the number of student tickets sold?

Read the word problem below.Jill had $90. She bought a skirt that normally costs $42 but was on sale for half price. She also bought a T-shirt that was $8 off its regular price. Before sales tax, the total cost of the clothes was $31. What was the regular price of the T-shirt? What question is being asked in this word problem?

Sorrel has 54 beads, and 16 of them are red. Of the remaining beads, half are yellow and half are green. How many yellow beads does she have?