Write Equations from Word Problems

Question 1: Carleen has a job where she makes $50 to start and $9 per hour. Today Carleen made $95. If h is the number of hours Carleen worked, write an equation to model this situation.

Question 2: Chuck paid a carpenter $450 for a project he completed. The carpenter charges $50 as a one-time consultation fee then charges $40 per hour. Set up an equation modeling this situation. Use x to represent the number of hours the carpenter worked.

Question 3: If the sides of a triangle are x+5, 2x-1, and 3x, find its perimeter.

Question 4: You rent a tool for $20 and it costs you $10 per hour extra until you return the tool. If your bill was $110, how long did you have the tool?

Question 5: The width of a rectangle is 5 inches more than its length. If the total perimeter of the rectangle is 46 inches, find the rectangle’s width.