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ACTIVITY  #3: WORD PROBLEMS

  

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Bill opened a money market account with an initial deposit of $191. If Bill is able to deposit his weekly allowance for 16 weeks, he hopes to have $463 saved up after 16 weeks. Assuming the allowance never changes, how much will Bill deposit every week?

 

 

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The product of 9 and a number, minus 19 is 15 less than the difference of 42 and 10. What is the number?

 

 

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In an election, the winning candidate had 1900 more votes than the loser. If the total number of votes cast was 15700, how many votes did the winner receive?

 

 

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The sum of six times a number and 18 is 66. What is the number?

 

 

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The product of what number and 4 is 40?

 

 

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One number is 5 more than another. If the sum of the two numbers is 33, what is the smaller of the two numbers?

 

 

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The quotient of a number and 6 decreased by 2 is 21. What is the number?

 

 

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How many boys are in the edhelper club of 35 members, if girls outnumber boys by 7?

 

 

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10 times a number, decreased by 5 is 85. What is the number?

 

 

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A number is decreased by 11 and the result is multiplied by 6 to get an answer of 48. What is the number?

 

 

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The sum of a number and 72 decreased by 90 is 3. What is the number?

 

 

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11 times a number, decreased by 10 is 133. What is the number?

 

 

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The sum of sixteen times a number and 30 is 78. What is the number?

 

 

 

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The product of 12 and a number, minus 24 is 4 less than the difference of 109 and 33. What is the number?