Exam 5: Using Equations to Solve Business Problems

Essie and Ruby sell Blu-Ray players. Last month Essie sold 35 less Blu-Ray players than Ruby. Together they sold 145. How many Blu-Ray players did Essie sell?

An estate valued at $510,000 is to be distributed among the wife, 2 children, and 3 grandchildren. The children will each receive two times as much as each grandchild, and the wife will receive five times as much as each child. How much will each person receive? A)Wife _______________ B)Child _______________ C)Grandchild __________

If a car can travel 250 miles on 10 gallons of fuel, how many gallons are required to travel 1,325 miles?

​Eight less than six times a number would be written as ​6Z - 8

Solve the equation for the unknown: 18G = 126

Solve the equation for the unknown: 15X + 8 − X = 4(2X + 20)

Solve the equation for the unknown: 2B + 28 = 82

Solve the equation for the unknown: 12(5Q + 20) = 480

Solve the equation for the unknown: $\frac { K } { 7 } = 14.5$

Solve the equation for the unknown: $\frac { p } { 4 } + 82 = 87.5$

11 is to 12 as 66 is to 72.​

Solve the equation for the unknown: T + 14 = 34 − 3T

Solve the equation for the unknown: 6(3R + 9) = 108

For the equation ​ 10B + 3 - B + 6 = 36​ B = 18

Solve the equation: $\frac { 3 b } { 6 } + 2 b = 10$

Translate the following into an equation: The sum of T and 45 is 48.

Mira and Marie sell computers. Last month Mira sold 16 more computers than Marie. Together they sold 56. How many computers did Marie sell?

A team of five players split a bonus as follows: player one, two, three and four equally. Player five had a share that was twice as much as each individual share of the other players. If the team bonus was $75,000 how much did player five receive?

An accounting firm has 24 partners. Twelve partners are senior partners and twelve are junior partners. The senior partners receive twice as much as the junior partners. A net income of $22,600,000 is earned for the year. How much will each junior partner receive?

Underline the key word(s) and translate into an expression: 36 more than 5/8 of X