Exam 5: Solving for the Unknown: a How-To Approach for Solving Equations

1/8 of all wood stoves are sold for cash. If cash sales were $2,200 for the week, what was the total of all sales? (Let S = sales.)

Match the term with its definition. -Parenthesis

2,015 = Q + 90

C/D means C divided by D.

Pens cost $6 per carton, and elastics cost $4 per carton. If an order comes in for a total of 12 cartons for $60, what was the specific number of cartons of pens as well as elastics?

Scholastic Books sells 4 times as many textbooks as Keller Publishing; together they sold 7,775 textbooks. How many did Scholastic sell?

Match the term with its definition. -Blueprints

What number increased by 3,080 equals 5,082?

Erasers cost $6 per carton, and pencils cost $7 per carton. If an order comes in for a total of 16 cartons for $100, what was the number of cartons of each bought?

Match the term with its definition. -G

One-ninth of all sales at a local Subway are for cash. If cash sales for the week were $690, what were Subway's total sales?

At Miduale Electronics, the first shift produced 6 times as many items as the second shift. If total production was 4,900, what was the output for each shift? A. Output from first shift; B. Output from second shift.

10A - 20 = 4A + 80 (answer to closest hundredth).

Peter Mabet sold a total of 400 oatmeal ($1.50)and wheat ($2)breads during the Labor Day weekend. How many of each did Peter sell if total sales were $700? Check your answer. (Let Wheat = W.)

Art Neuner and Paul Kosponato sell trucks for Blue Auto. Over the past year, they sold 240 trucks. Assuming Paul sells 7 times as many as Art, how many trucks did each sell? A. Number of trucks Art sold; B. Number of trucks Paul sold.

If there is no number in front of a letter, it is really the number 1.

Brian Smith sells sets of movie posters ($12)and baseball cards ($8)at a local flea market. Last Sunday, Brian's total sales were $840. People bought 4 times as many movie posters as baseball cards. How many of each did Brian sell? Check your answer.

N/8 + 6 = 58; N equals:

+31 - (-16)equals:

$\frac {\text { 1}} { \text { 7} }$ of all sales were for cash. If cash sales were $28,000, what were the total sales?