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Example Question #2 : Word Problems In Algebra
Which of the following phrases can be written as the algebraic expression 
The absolute value of the difference of forty-five and a number
The absolute value of the difference of a number and forty-five
The opposite of the difference of forty-five and a number
The opposite of the difference of a number and forty-five
The opposite of the difference of a number and forty-five
Example Question #691 : Ged Math
Which of the following phrases can be written as the algebraic expression 
Sixty-five subtracted from the opposite of a number
Sixty-five subtracted from the absolute value of a number
The opposite of the difference of a number and sixty-five
The absolute value of the difference of a number and sixty-five
Sixty-five subtracted from the opposite of a number
Example Question #5 : Word Problems In Algebra
Which of the following phrases can be written as the algebraic expression 
The square of the difference of a number and thirty-four
Twice the difference of thirty-four and a number
Twice the difference of a number and thirty-four
The square of the difference of thirty-four and a number
The square of the difference of a number and thirty-four
Example Question #691 : Ged Math
A broken television cost $1.25 after a 99% discount. What was the original price?
$12.50
$2.74
$125
$2.49
$250
$125
Let x be the original price. If the original price was given a discount, the value of the percent discount must be subtracted from the original price.
Example Question #3 : Word Problems In Algebra
Which of the following phrases can be represented by the algebraic expression 
Five decreased by the reciprocal of a number
Five less than by the reciprocal of a number
The reciprocal of the difference of a number and five
The reciprocal of the difference of five and a number
The reciprocal of the difference of five and a number
Example Question #691 : Ged Math
Sixty-four coins, all dimes and nickels, total $5.15. How many of the coins are dimes?
Let 
An equation can be set up and solved for 
Example Question #692 : Ged Math
Above is the menu for a coffee shop; there is no sales tax charged on purchases.
Greg is throwing a party and wants to buy eight large cappucinos, one for each attendee. He wants to buy all the butter croissants he can without spending more than $80 total. How many croissants will he be able to buy?
Eight large cappucinos will cost Greg
This leaves him
to buy croissants, which cost 
Let 
Greg can buy up to 21 croissants.
Example Question #11 : Word Problems In Algebra
The French club wants to make and sell some pizzas for a fundraiser. It will cost $250 to rent the equipment to make the pizzas and $2 worth of ingredients to make each pizza. The pizzas will be sold for $4.50 apiece.
How many pizzas must be made and sold for the French club to make a profit of at least $500?
Let 
The pizzas will cost $4.50 each, so the money raised will be 
The profit will be the difference between the revenue and the cost:
The French club wants a profit of at least $500, so we set up and solve the inequality:
At least 300 pizzas must be made and sold.
Example Question #11 : Word Problems In Algebra
Jeff, the barista at Moonbucks Coffee, is having a problem. He needs to make fifty pounds of Premium Blend coffee by mixing together some Kona beans, which cost $24 per pound, with some Ethiopian Delight beans, which cost $10 per pound. The Premium Blend coffee will cost $14.20 per pound. Also, the coffee will sell for the same price mixed as it would separately.
Let 
The number of pounds of coffee beans totals 50, so one of the equations would be
The total price of the Kona beans is the unit price, $24 per pound, multiplied by the quantity, 
These are the equations of the system.
Example Question #691 : Ged Math
Leslie has some nickels, some dimes, and some quarters. She has twice as many dimes as she has nickels, and she has four more quarters than she has dimes. If she has 
Since Leslie has twice as many dimes as nickels, the number of nickels she has is half the number of dimes, or half of 
She has
In total, the number of dollars Leslie has is
Leslie has 
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