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1. Solve for n. 8. If the perimeter of a square is 28 cm, what

is the side length?
3 + n = 18

9. A math classroom has 24 students. If they

2. Solve for n.
are divided into 8 equal teams, how many
5n = 30 are on each team?

3. Solve for n. 10. If you add a number to the left side of an

equation, you must add the same number
n to the right side of that equation. Use this
=8
6 property to solve:

a. x – 4 = 17

4. A number plus 7 is 19. What is the

number?
b. x – 15 = 35

5. A number minus 4 is 18. What is the

number? 11. If you subtract a number from the left
side of an equation, you must subtract the
same number from the right side of that
equation. Use this property to solve:
6. A number times 3 is 45. What is the
a. x + 7 = 21
number?

b. 12 + x = 30
7. A number divided by 6 is 15. What is the
number?

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12. If you multiply the left side of an equation 15. Yari scored 1 goal for every 12 shots on
by a number, you must multiply the right goal. If he had 144 shots on goal one
side of the equation by the same number. season, how many goals did he score?
Use this property to solve:
x
a. =5
4
16. A school has 4 girls for every 5 boys. If it
has 270 students total, how many are girls?

x
b. =7
9
17. A jar contains marbles in the following
ratio: 1 green, 2 blue and 3 red. If it
contains 60 marbles, how many are blue?

13. If you divide the left side of an equation

by a number, you must divide the right
side of the equation by the same number.
Use this property to solve:
a. 8x = 96
18. Two hundred fifty students participated
in the city Science Fair. If 3 out of 5 were
from middle schools, how many middle
school students participated?

b. 4x = 52 19. Genevieve gets a hit once for every four

at-bats. If she is at bat 84 times during a
season, how many hits will she get?

14. Solve for x.

7x = 105 20. Solve for x.
3x + 5 = 23

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21. Solve for x. 27. Three more than twice a number is 45.
x What is the number?
+9=14
6

22. Solve for x. 28. Two less than the ratio of a number to 5
x−2 is 3. What is the number?
=8
3

23. Twice a number plus 3 equals 21. What is

29. The ratio of x to 10 is the same as the ratio
the number?
of 15 to 25. What is x?

24. Half a number minus 6 is 8. What is the

number?
30. Isabelle divided 90 ml of water evenly into
n test tubes. If each test tube contained
15 ml how many test tubes were there?

25. Amy is 4 years older than Marie. If the

sum of their ages is 22, how old is Marie?

31. ENRICHMENT  The area of a rectangle is 84

cm2 and the width is 7 cm. If the length is
(10 + n) cm, what is n?
26. A rectangle has a perimeter of 24 cm. If the
width is 5 cm, what is the length?

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32. ENRICHMENT  A rectangular playground is 36. Use the properties of addition to evaluate
60 m longer than it is wide. A 920 m fence the following expression, given a = 21,
can enclose it. How wide is it? b = 11, and c = 19

b +(a + c) = ?

33. State the property of multiplication

illustrated in the following equation. 37. State the property of addition illustrated
in the following equation.
7  × 8 = 8 × 7
6+9=9+6

34. State the property of multiplication 38. Use the properties of addition to calculate
illustrated in the following equation. the perimeter of the triangle below.
10 × (2 + 1) = 20 + 10 193m

7m
164m 13

35. Use the properties of multiplication to

perform the following calculation.
39. State the property of addition illustrated
13 × 12 × 10 × 9 × 0 = ? in the following equation.

15 + (0 × 3) = 15

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