1) Simplify:
1. 0.5x²y³z – 0.3y²x³z + 0.2zxy³x – 0.4x³zy² + 0.1
2. 1.2m²n³ – 0.7n²m³ + 0.5mn³m – 0.6m³n² + 0.4
3. 0.9p²q³r – 0.4q²p³r + 0.3rp²q³ – 0.3p³rq² + 0.2
4. 1.1a²b²c – 0.5abc²a – 0.6a²cb² + 0.2c²ab – 0.3
5. 0.8x³y²z – 0.4yx³z² + 0.4zxy³ – 0.8x³zy² + 0.6
6. (3xy)² × 4x³y² – 2x²y³ × 5x²y
7. (4mn)² × 2m²n³ – 3m³n² × m²n
8. (2a²b)² × 6ab³ – a²b² × 4a²b³
9. (x²y)² × 7x²y³ – 3x³y² × 2xy²
10. 0.4a(0.5a – b) – 3b(a + 0.2b) + 0.6a(b – a)
11. 0.2m(0.3m – n) – 5n(m + 0.4n) + 0.7m(n – m)
12. 0.6x(0.1x – y) – 2y(x + 0.5y) + 0.4x(y – x)
13. 0.3z(0.6z – w) – 3w(z + 0.2w) + 0.5z(w – z)
14. 0.5p(0.4p – q) – 6q(p + 0.1q) + 0.3p(q – p)
2) Solve these for x:
1. 23.5 + x = 123.4
2. 39.6 = x – 1.064
3. 40.2 – x = 142.4
4. 45.7 = x / 12.7
5. 34 / x = 5
6. –7 = 9 + 4x
7. 9(x + 4) = 41
8. 2(6 – 3x) = 6
9. 39 = 13(4 – x)
10. 7(x – 3) = –35
11. 3(x – 5) = 7(x + 4) – 7
12. 8(x + 5) = 10(x + 3)
13. 5(x + 1) = 4(x + 2)
14. 6.5(x – 2.1) + 3.3(2x + 1.4) = 5.6x
15. 7.2(x – 4.3) + 2.5(3x + 0.8) = 6.9x
16. 5.4(x – 1.7) + 4.6(2x + 3.2) = 7.1x
17. 9.1(x – 2.5) + 3.8(4x + 1.6) = 6.3x
18. 8.3(x – 3.2) + 5.1(2x + 0.9) = 7.4x
19. 4(7 + 3x) – 5(6 – 7x) + 1 = 8(1 + 4x)
20. 7(5x – 3) – 10 = 2(3x – 5) – 3(5 – 7x)
21. –3(x – 2) – 5(3x – 2) + 74 = 0
22. –2(x + 3) – 6(2x – 4) + 108 = 0
23. 5(6x + 2) – 7(3x – 5) – 72 = 0
24. 5(x – 3) – 4(x + 1) = –11
25. 9(x – 2) – 7(x + 1) = –15
Solve for x:
1. The result of tripling a number and adding 12 is the same as doubling the number and adding
19. What is the number?
2. If 4 times a number is increased by 8, the result is the same as 5 times the number minus 2.
What is the number?
3. Twice a number, decreased by 6, is equal to the same number increased by 9. What is the
number?
4. If a number is multiplied by 3 and 15 is subtracted, the result is equal to the number plus 9.
What is the number?
5. Five times a number plus 11 is the same as twice the number plus 32. What is the number?
6. You earn 25 cents for every math problem you solve correctly, but lose 15 cents for every one you get
wrong. After attempting 40 problems, you end up with $4.00.
a) Form an equation with x as the number of correct answers.
b) Solve for x.
7) You get $0.40 for each correct riddle and lose $0.30 for each incorrect one. You solve 35 riddles and
your total earnings are $5.50.
a) Form an equation with x as the number of correct riddles.
b) Find how many riddles you got right.
8) In a game show, you gain 50 cents for every correct answer and lose 25 cents for every wrong one.
After 60 questions, you end up with $12.50.
a) Let x be the number of correct answers. Form an equation.
b) Solve for x.
9) A paperback book costs $3 less than a hardcover book. An audiobook costs $2 more than a hardcover.
If you buy 2 hardcover books, 3 paperbacks, and 1 audiobook for $72,
a. Let x be the price of a hardcover book. Write the equation.
b. Solve for x.
10) A burger costs $1 more than a drink. Fries cost $0.50 less than a drink. If you buy 3 burgers, 2 drinks,
and 4 fries, your total is $29.50.
a. Let x represent the cost of a drink. Write an equation.
b. Solve for x.
11) A movie ticket costs $2 more than a bag of popcorn. A soda costs $1 less than a bag of popcorn. If
you buy 4 movie tickets, 2 bags of popcorn, and 3 sodas, the total is $61.
a. Let x be the price of popcorn. Form an equation.
b. Solve for x.
12) The sum of three consecutive numbers is 168.
What are the numbers?
13) The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 267.
What are the numbers?
14) The sum of four consecutive even numbers is 220.
What are the numbers?
15) The sum of five consecutive numbers is 295.
What are the numbers?
16) Five years ago, a mother was six times as old as her daughter.
Now, she is three times as old as her daughter.
How old is the daughter now?
17) Three years ago, a father was four times as old as his son.
In five years, he will be twice as old as his son.
How old is the son now?
18) Seven years ago, a woman was five times as old as her son.
Now, she is three times as old.
What is the son's current age?
19) The perimeter of a rectangle is 62cm. One side is x cm long and the other side is 8cm longer.
a) Form an equation involving x.
b) Solve the equation and write down the length of each of the sides.
20) The perimeter of a rectangle is 70 cm. One side is x cm and the other is 10 cm shorter.
a) Write an equation in x.
b) Find the length of each side.
21) The perimeter of a rectangle is 84 cm. One side is x cm and the other is 2x cm.
a) Write an equation.
b) Solve and find the lengths.
22) A rectangle has a perimeter of 96 cm. Its length is 3 cm more than twice the width.
a) Let the width be x cm. Write an equation.
b) Solve and give both dimensions.
23) The perimeter of a rectangle is 60 cm. Its length is 4 times its width.
a) Let the width be x cm. Write an equation.
b) Solve to find the width and length.
