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Worksheet

Equation problems
Read each problem carefully. Write an equation when necessary, and then solve the problem.

1 Seven more than three times a number is equal to 16. What is the number?

2 Annabella has $6.60 more than Mark. Together they have $21.40. How much does each person have?

3 A large screen television worth $3240 can be paid off with a deposit of $300 and twelve equal monthly
payments. How much is each payment?

4 Seven less than four times a number is equal to the number plus eight. What is the number?

5 Daniel is 2 years younger than Christina. Together their ages add to 36. How old is Daniel?

6 The formula for finding the number of toothpicks, t, to build a row of h house
shapes is: t ¼ 5h þ 1.

a How many toothpicks are required to build 16 houses?

b How many houses can be built with 56 toothpicks?

7 A rectangle is twice as long as it is wide. If its perimeter is 72 cm, what are its dimensions?

8 In a bowl of fruit, the apple has a mass twice that of the banana, and the mass of the orange is 28 g more
than the mass of the banana. If the mass of all three together is 124 g, what is the mass of each?

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9 Evan the taxi driver charges fares according to the formula C ¼ 0.7d þ 3.3, where d is the distance
travelled in kilometres and C is the fare in dollars.

a How much does Evan charge for a 28 km trip?

b Evan charged $39.70 for a trip. What was the distance travelled?

10 The sum of two consecutive numbers is 65. What are the two numbers?

11 Three more than a number, all divided by 2, is equal to 5. What is the number?

12 Judy wants to make a triangular flower bed with two sides equal and each twice as long as the third side.
She has 48 metres of edging. How long will each side be?

13 Ronan, Chad and Atif have $116 between them. Ronan has $12 more than Chad, and Atif has $7 less than
Ronan. How much does each boy have?

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14 The formula for converting Celsius temperatures (C) to Fahrenheit temperatures (F) is: F ¼ þ 32
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a Convert 258C to 8F.

b Convert 100.48F to 8C.

15 The perimeter of this rectangle is 80 cm.


3x
a Find x.

2x  3
b Find the dimensions of this rectangle.

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Answers
1 3

2 Mark ¼ $7.40; Annabella ¼ $14

3 $245

4 5

5 17

6 a 81 b 11

7 Length ¼ 24, Width ¼ 12

8 Banana ¼ 24 g; Apple ¼ 48 g; Orange ¼ 52 g

9 a $22.90 b 52 km

10 32, 33

11 7

12 9.6 m; 19.2 m, 19.2 m

13 Ronan ¼ $45; Chad ¼ $33; Atif ¼ $38

14 a 778F b 388C

15 a 7.4 b Length ¼ 22.2 cm; Width ¼ 17.8 cm

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