You want to buy a pet rabbit that costs ​$242. You already have ​$62 and you plan to save ​$12 per week. If w represents the number of weeks until you have enough money to buy the rabbit​, what equation could you use to find the value of​ w? Use pencil and paper.

You buy 2.45 pounds of apples and 1.65 pounds of pears. Apples and pears sell for the same price per pound. The total​ cost, after using a 75¢​-off ​coupon, is ​$4.12. If c represents the cost of the fruit in dollars per​ pound, what equation could you use to find the value of​ c?

A jar contains 18 ​strawberry, 24 ​cherry, and 19 ​lime-flavored candies. The rest of the candies are chocolate. There are 82 candies in all. If n represents the number of chocolates in the​ jar, what equation could you use to find​ n?

At a graduation​ dinner, an equal number of guests were seated at each of 12 large​ tables, and 8 ​late-arriving guests were seated at a smaller table. There were 128 guests in all. If n represents the number of people seated at each of the large​ tables, what equation could you use to find the value of​ n?

Write an equivalent expression without parentheses. Then simplify the result.

m−​(8−​3m)

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Solve for w

Jim paid a gym membership fee of $50, plus $20 per month.  Jim has paid a total of $290 to the gym.  Write an equation for how many months has Jim been a member of the gym?

A school is taking a trip to a museum. The fee for the bus is $85 and the museum charges a fee of $12 per student. The school paid a total of $613. Choose the equation to find out how many students went on the trip.

Michelle is a server in a restaurant. On a weekend night, Michelle earned $4 an hour and $65 in tips. She made a total of $93. Choose the equation to find how many hours she worked

Bob's Plumbing charges $15 per hour plus a service fee of $40 for coming out to your house. If Bob charged $350, which equation models this situation?

While at the music store, Drew bought 5 CDs, all at the same price. The tax on his purchase was $6, and the total was $61. Which equation shows what the price of each CD is?

Casey has $50 to spend at Best Buy. She wants to buy a DVD for $14 and some CDs that cost $12 each. Which equation shows how many CDs can she buy?

An office manager paid $675.95 for computer equipment. The office manager bought one monitor for $127.95 and hard drives for $68.50 each. Write an equation to find x, the number of hard drives the office manager bought.

There were 331 students that went on a field trip. Each of the six buses were filled and 7 students traveled in a van. Which equation shows how many students were on each bus?

Write and solve a two-step equation for the word problem. A taxi service charges you $1.50 plus $0.60 per mile for a trip to the airport. Angie paid $13.50 for her ride to the airport. How far did she travel?

Write and solve a two-step equation for the word problem. Jennifer bought a shirt and 8 pairs of socks for $22.95. Each pair of socks cost the same amount. If the shirt cost $8.95, how much did each pair of socks cost?