Practice #2 

1. Which situation is best represented by the equation 0.15x = 3?

a. b. c. d. A shirt is on sale for 15% off the regular price. If that price represents a savings of $3, what is x, the sale price of the shirt? Hector bought several pieces of gum for $3.00. If the gum costs $0.15 each, what is x, the number of pieces Hector bought? A $3.00 pair of socks was discounted 15%. What is x, the amount of savings? Apples cost $1.15 per pound. If you bought 3 pounds, what is x, the total cost of the apples?

2. Which situation is best represented by the equation x 7.53 = 12.47

a. b. c. d. Cara had $12.47 in her wallet. She spent $7.53 on lunch. Find x, the amount of money Cara has left. Cheryl ran 7.53 kilometers this week and 12.47 kilometers last week. Find x, how much farther Cheryl ran last week than this week. Nikki bought a DV on sale for $12.47. If she saved $7.53 by purchasing it on sale, what is x, the original price of the DVD? George spent $7.53 at the mall and $12.47 at the grocery store. Find x, the difference of th amounts of money George spent at both places.

3. Darrel was organizing the money collected from the school car wash. There were x one-dollar bills and y five-dollar bills. Which equation could be used to determine the total value of the money, t?
a. b. c. d. t=x+y t = 5(x + y) t = x + 5y t = 5x + 5y

4.
a. a. project will require 16 hours worth of work to complete. If each person works 7.5 hours, what is x, the number of people required to complete the project? b. A team of 16 people is working on a project and each person works for 7.5 hours. What is x, the number of hours required to complete the project? c. A small dog weighs 7.5 pounds. What is x, the weight of the dog in ounces? d. A bottle of water has a capacity of 7.5 ounces. What is x, the capacity of the container in pints?