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Benny bought a soft drink for 2 dollars and 7 candy bars. He spent a total of 27 dollars. How much did each candy bar cost? Calculate the candy bar spend: Candy Bar Spend = Total Spend - Soft Drink Candy Bar Spend = 27 - 2 Candy Bar Spend = 25 Calculate the cost of each candy bar: Cost of each...

In a school auditorium there are 36 seats in each row of seats. How many rows are needed for 716 students to each have a seat? Total Rows = total Students / Seats Per row Total Rows = 716/36 Total Rows = 19.89 So we need 20 full rows

Add q to p, add a to the result, then divide r by what you have Add q to p: p + q Add a to the result: p + q + a Then divide r by what you have: r/(p + q + a)

Bob, Joe, Pete, Tom, Dick, and Tim share s sandwiches. How many sandwiches does each boy get? We have 6 boys, so they each get: s/6 sandwiches

Daniel pays $10 to get into the parking lot and will pay a fee of $2 per hour his car will be left in the parking lot. He ending up paying a total of $23 for parking. How many hours was Daniels car left in the parking lot? Calculate the amount of fees for hours: Fees for hours = Total Bill -...

A necklace chain costs $15. Beads cost $2.75 each. You spend a total of $28.75 on a necklace and beads before tax. How many beads did you buy in addition to the necklace? Calculate the amount left to spend on beads: Bead Spend = Total Spend - Necklace Cost Bead Spend = $28.75 - $15 Bead Spend =...

A cake that weighs 2 pounds was split equally among 5 children. How much cake did each child get? 2 pounds / 5 children = 0.4 pounds per child

a 24 sheet of aluminum is to be cut into 2.5 strips. how wide is the remaining wasted piece of aluminum Divide 24 by 2.5 to get number of sheets: 24/2.5 = 9.6 So we have 9 full sheets. Which means each strip is 0.6 wide

Eric is playing football and loses 7 yards per play how many plays does it take for him to lose 21 yards total Total plays = Total yards / Yards per play Total plays = 21/7 Total plays = 3

A non-profit organization is having a couple’s banquet for a fundraiser. The banquet hall will only hold 250 people. The President, Vice-President, two volunteers, and a guest speaker will be working the event. How many couples will be able to attend the banquet? We subtract the 5 people...

A family of 4 spent $78 at the exhibition. They spent $22 on rides and the rest on entrance fees. How much was the entrance fee per person We need to find the entrance fee per person. So subtract the cost of rides from the total spend: Entrance Fees = Total Spend - Cost of Rides Entrance Fees =...

You like to shovel snow in winter. You made them pay 7 dollars for every driveway you shoveled and earned 42 dollars. How many driveways did you shovel? Driveways shoveled = Total Money / Dollars per Driveway Driveways shoveled = 42/7 Driveways shoveled = 6

A dish company needs to ship an order of 893 glass bowls. If each shipping box can hold 19 bowls, how many boxes will the company need? Number of boxes needed = Total bowls / Glass bowls per box Number of boxes needed = 893/19 Number of boxes needed = 47

A baker needs 7 eggs to bake a cake . He has 150 eggs to bake a cake . How many cakes can he bake Total Cakes He can Bake = Total Eggs / Eggs Per Cake Total Cakes He can Bake = 150/7 Total Cakes He can Bake = 21.42 or 21 full cakes

Allison can pay her gym membership fee monthly but if she pays for her entire year at one she gets a $53 discount her discounted bill at the end of the year was 463 what is her monthly fee Her full annual bill is found by adding the discounted annual bill to the discount amount: Full annual...

9 divided by the sum of x and 4 is equal to 6 divided by x minus 4. Build our two algebraic expressions first: 9 divided by the sum of x and 4 9/(x + 4) 6 divided by x minus 4 6/(x - 4) The phrase is equal to means and equation, so we set the algebraic expressions equal to each other: 9/(x +...

5 children share 50 pencils. How many pencils does each child get Pencils per child = Total Pencils / Total children Pencils per child = 50/5 Pencils per child = 10

Eight students made 272.00 mowing lawns. How much did each student make? Earnings per Student = Total Earnings / Number of Students Earnings per Student = 272/8 Earnings per Student = 34

divide the difference of q and s by the sum of p and r Take this algebraic expression in pieces: The difference of q and s: q - s The sum of p and r: p + r The word divide means we divide q - s by p + r (q - s)/(p + r)

Danny buys 5 books at $34 each and pays for them with 10-dollar bills. How many $10 bills did it take? Calculate his total bill: Total bill = Number of books * cost per book Total bill = 5 * 34 Total bill = 170 Now calculate the number of 10-dollar bills he used: 10-dollar bills used = Total...