1. Equations Word Problems For all of the following, guess and check or estimate, then model the situation using an equation, and solve.

2. Alex belongs to a music club. In this club, students can buy a student discount card for $19.95. This card allows them to buy CDs for $3.95 each. After one year, Alex has spent $63.40. Write and solve an equation to find how many CDs Alex bought during the year.

3. ABC mall charges 3,000 LL for the first 2 hours of parking, and then an additional 1,000 LL for every extra hour. If you were charged 8,000 LL, how many hours have you spent at ABC?

4. In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began his famous “I have a dream” speech with the words “Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.” The proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. a)Using the dates given, write and solve an equation that can be used to find the number of years in a score. b)How many score would represent 60?

5. Stan’s, Mark’s and Wayne’s ages are consecutive whole numbers. Stan is the youngest, and Wayne is the oldest. The sum of their ages is 111. Find their ages.

6. Lin sold 4 more shirts than Greg. Fran sold 3 times as many shirts as Lin. In total, the three sold 51 shirts. Find the number of shirts that Greg sold.

7. The cost of renting a car is a $48 fee plus 6 cents per kilometer driven. Write an equation and then find the number of kilometers driven if the total paid was $49.38.

8. Maya’s pearl necklace broke. Half of the pearls fell onto the floor; a fourth rolled under a chair; a sixth fell into her lap; and three pearls remained on the strand. Write an expression that represents this situation. How many were there originally on the strand?