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Then solve to answer the question.  \n1) How old is Chelsea if she will be 71 years old in fourteen years?  \n3) For her birthday Elisa was given $10 . Now she has $47 . How much money did she have before?  \n5) Mei is baking a casserole. The recipe calls for 5 ~~ ~~12 cups of rice. She has already put in 4 ~~ ~~310 cups. How many more cups does she need to put in?  \n7) How many boxes of envelopes can you buy with $10 if one box costs $2?  \n9) Willie bought eight colored markers for a total of $32 . How much did each marker cost?  \n2) Last week Jessica ran 21 miles more than Wilbur. Jessica ran 36 miles. How many miles did Wilbur run?  \n4) Last Friday Scott had $8 . Over the weekend he received some money for a good report card. He now has $18 . How much money did he receive?  \n6) DeShawn bought nine candy bars for a total of $27 . How much did each candy bar cost?  \n8) Molly bought six fancy pens for a total of $24 . How much did each pen cost?  \n10) Anjali spent $26 . 10 on tissues. If they cost $2 .61 per box, how many boxes did she buy?  \nKuta Software-Infinite Grade 6 Math Name   \nEquations Word Problems Date  Period   \nWrite an equation to represent each scenario. Then solve to answer the question.  \n1) How old is Chelsea if she will be 71 years old in fourteen years?  \nx + 14 = 71 or x = 71-14 or 71-x = 14 x = 57  \n57 years old  \n3) For her birthday Elisa was given $10 . Now she has $47 . How much money did she have before?  \nx + 10 = 47 or x = 47-10 or 47-x = 10 x = 37  \n$37  \n2) Last week Jessica ran 21 miles more than Wilbur. Jessica ran 36 miles. How many miles did Wilbur run?  \nx + 21 = 36 or x = 36-21 or 36-x = 21 x = 15  \n15 miles  \n4) Last Friday Scott had $8 . Over the weekend he received some money for a good report card. He now has $18 . How much money did he receive?  \nx + 8 = 18 or x = 18-8 or 18-x = 8 x = 10  \n$10  \n5) Mei is baking a casserole. 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If they cost $2 .61 per box, how many boxes did she buy?  \n2.61x = 26.1 or x = 2266.11 or 26x.1 = 2.61 x = 10  \n10 b  \noxes  \nCreate your own worksheets like this one with Infinite Grade 6 Math. 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