Practice Sheet 1

Find the value of x for the following.

1) 2x+9-x=14 _________
2) 12x-14=46 _________
3) 19-3x= 13 __________

Make and solve an equation for the

following.
4) If you can fit 35 books into a bin and
the bin has seven equal sections,
how many books can you fit into
one section?
__________________________
5) You and two friends split a pizza with x
amount of slices. If each of you get
three slices of pizza, what is the value of
x?
____________________________
6) If two teachers have a total of sixty
students and Teacher A has thirty-six
students, how many students does
Teacher B have?
____________________________
7) Teacher B and Teacher A from the
previous equation each have students
taking Spanish. One-half of Teacher Bs
class, x, takes Spanish. How many
students in Teacher Bs class take
Spanish?
______________________________
8) If teacher Bs students make up onequarter of the Spanish class and the rest
are from Teacher As class, how many
students come from teacher As class?
______________________________

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