On Thursday, 6/7 of the school’s student population came to school. Thirty of those students went
on a field trip. If there were 258 people in school after the students left for their field trip, and 48
of those people were not students, how many students are enrolled at the school?
Toshio is making a poster that is 26 inches wide. If he were to cut 2 inches off the width of the
poster, the width would equal H of the length. How long is the poster?
Write an equation for each problem, then solve.
Show your methods for solving.
Marc and 3 friends ordered some food at a restaurant. They each paid an equal share of the bill
and the tip. Each person’s share of the tip was $0.85. The total bill, including tip, was $26.00.
What was each person’s share of the bill, not including the tip?
Ayesha added 3 gallons of water to her aquarium. This is 1 gallon short of E of the number of
gallons the aquarium holds. How many gallons of water does the aquarium hold?
Edward spent $544 on lumber and other supplies. The lumber cost $34 a yard. The cost of his
other supplies was $102. How many yards of lumber did he buy?
Miguel drove 56 miles to get to his sister’s house. He arrived at his destination 1 hour and 35
minutes after he began the trip. During that time, he stopped for 15 minutes to eat. What was
his average speed per hour while he was driving?
Two out of three students in school ordered pizza for lunch yesterday. Half of the rest ordered
hamburgers. One hundred and thirty-five students ordered hamburgers. How many students
were in school yesterday?
