Equation Word Problems — Examples & Practice
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- (Video) Writing Equations from Word Problems by Katie Tatum Here's a video by Katie Tatum that shows you how to create equations from a word problem. Summary\large{\text{Summary…
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- Translate spoken language into math Let's solve some word problems in algebra. You're first going to have to first translate the problem into an equation. In other words, we set…
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- Writing Equations for Word Problems Here is a refresher on translating words to math in case you need it for this example!
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- A number plus 333 is 999. Write an equation for this problem.
- Find two numbers that sum to 111111. You know one number is 888. Write an equation for this problem.
- The number 121212 is added to itself 444 times. What is this new number? Write an equation for this problem.
- A number multiplied by 101010 is 404040. What is the number? Write an equation for this problem.
- How many times does 222 go into 888? Write an equation for this problem.
- How many packs of cards can you buy with 42\4242 if one pack costs 3\33? Write an equation for this problem.
- You are given 22.68\22.6822.68 and go to buy a video game. The game costs 45\frac{4}{5}54 of what you have. How much do you have left over? Write an equation for this problem.
- For Jennifer's birthday, her friends gave her a 10\1010 gift card each, while her parents gave her 50\5050 together. In the end, she got a total of 110\110110. Write an equation…
- In the atom, a proton has a positive charge (+1)(+1)(+1), and an electron has a negative charge (−1)(-1)(−1). If a hydrogen atom has 111 proton, and an oxygen atom has 888 proto…
- 121212 people are paying for dinner. If 555 people are paying one amount, 666 people are paying another amount, and one person is paying a third amount, what expression most acc…
- Sarah and Abby are competing against each other in several track and field events. Abby beat Sarah in triple jump and high jump. While Abby beat Sarah in long jump. Abby jumped …
- Write an equation to determine how many points Sam's team had.
- The sum of a number cubed and itself is 303030. Write an equation expressing this statement.
- Let's say we have four cubes on a balance scale. The heaviest one weighs 484848 ounces. The next heaviest cube weighs five times as much as the smallest one. The other cube weig…
- One day Amy was asked what her favorite number is. Rather than just telling her friends, she decided to make her friends solve for it. She said, "When you divide this number by …
- In 201520152015 the world record for the highest Pogo stick jump was set. One year later that same man broke his own record. The first record breaking Pogo jump was half of 777 …
- Ally and Xavier were at a tennis tournament playing in several doubles matches together. In the end they had earned a total of 272727 points together. However, Xavier earned 45t…
- Glen was looking up recipes online to make snickerdoodle cookies. Out of all of the recipes he looked at, 141414 of them required cream of tartar. If one third of the recipes Gl…
- Sarah is 181818 years old and the middle child out of three. Her oldest sibling is 444 years older than her and her youngest sibling is half the age of the oldest sibling. How o…
- The sum of a number and 19 is equal to 23\frac{2}{3}32 of 100100100. Select the equation(s) that can be used to solve for the number.
- Sarah and Ally went to a pizza shop together. Combined the two girls ate 191919 slices of pizza. If Ally ate 333 slices less than Sarah, how many slices did Ally eat? \\ This pr…
- Sarah and Ally went to a pizza shop together. Combined, the two girls ate 191919 slices of pizza. If Ally ate 333 slices less than Sarah, how many slices did Ally eat?
- How much is the grapefruit?
- Zoe is selling some grilled cheese for a fundraiser. On average, every grilled cheese costs 1\11 to make. Zoe is selling the grilled cheese for 3.50\3.503.50 each. At the end of…