Translating Words to Linear Equations - PSAT Math

Since this is a long word problem, it might be easy to confuse the two behaviors and come up with the wrong answer. Let's avoid this problem by turning each behavior into a variable. If we call "sitting quietly" and "completing assignments" , then we can easily construct a simple system of equations,

and

.

We can multiply the first equation by to yield .

This allows us to cancel the terms when we add the two equations together. We get , or .

A quick substitution tells us that . So, sitting quietly is worth 3 tokens and completing an assignment on time is worth 7.

6,035 total tickets were sold, and the total number of tickets is the sum of the adult and child tickets, .

Therefore, we can say .

The amount of money raised from adult tickets is $11 per ticket mutiplied by tickets, or dollars; similarly, dollars are raised from child tickets. Add these together to get the total amount of money raised:

These two equations form our system of equations.

Let's call "" the cost of one jersey (this is the value we want to find)

Let's call the amount of money Jack starts with ""

Let's call the amount of money Aaron starts with ""

We know Jack buys a glove for and bats for each, and then has left over after. Thus:

simplifying, so Jack started with

We know Aaron buys hats for each and jerseys (unknown cost "") and spends all his money.

The last important piece of information from the problem is Aaron starts with dollars more than Jack. So:

From before we know:

Plugging in:

so Aaron started with

Finally we plug into our original equation for A and solve for x:

Thus one jersey costs

First, translate the problem into three equations. The statement, "Joule is three years older than twice Newton's age" is mathematically translated as

where represents Joule's age and is Newton's age.

The statement, "Newton is Toby's age younger than eleven years" is translated as

where is Toby's age.

The third statement, "Toby is one year younger than Joule" is

.

So these are our three equations. To figure out the age of these dogs, first I will plug the third equation into the second equation. We get

Plug this equation into the first equation to get

Solve for . Add to both sides

Divide both sides by 3

So Joules is 9 years old. Plug this value into the third equation to find Toby's age

Toby is 8 years old. Use this value to find Newton's age using the second equation

Now, we have the age of the following dogs:

Joule: 9 years

Newton: 3 years

Toby: 8 years

Since this is a long word problem, it might be easy to confuse the two behaviors and come up with the wrong answer. Let's avoid this problem by turning each behavior into a variable. If we call "sitting quietly" and "completing assignments" , then we can easily construct a simple system of equations,

and

.

We can multiply the first equation by to yield .

This allows us to cancel the terms when we add the two equations together. We get , or .

A quick substitution tells us that . So, sitting quietly is worth 3 tokens and completing an assignment on time is worth 7.

6,035 total tickets were sold, and the total number of tickets is the sum of the adult and child tickets, .

Therefore, we can say .

The amount of money raised from adult tickets is $11 per ticket mutiplied by tickets, or dollars; similarly, dollars are raised from child tickets. Add these together to get the total amount of money raised:

These two equations form our system of equations.

Let's call "" the cost of one jersey (this is the value we want to find)

Let's call the amount of money Jack starts with ""

Let's call the amount of money Aaron starts with ""

We know Jack buys a glove for and bats for each, and then has left over after. Thus:

simplifying, so Jack started with

We know Aaron buys hats for each and jerseys (unknown cost "") and spends all his money.

The last important piece of information from the problem is Aaron starts with dollars more than Jack. So:

From before we know:

Plugging in:

so Aaron started with

Finally we plug into our original equation for A and solve for x:

Thus one jersey costs

First, translate the problem into three equations. The statement, "Joule is three years older than twice Newton's age" is mathematically translated as

where represents Joule's age and is Newton's age.

The statement, "Newton is Toby's age younger than eleven years" is translated as

where is Toby's age.

The third statement, "Toby is one year younger than Joule" is

.

So these are our three equations. To figure out the age of these dogs, first I will plug the third equation into the second equation. We get

Plug this equation into the first equation to get

Solve for . Add to both sides

Divide both sides by 3

So Joules is 9 years old. Plug this value into the third equation to find Toby's age

Toby is 8 years old. Use this value to find Newton's age using the second equation

Now, we have the age of the following dogs:

Joule: 9 years

Newton: 3 years

Toby: 8 years

Since this is a long word problem, it might be easy to confuse the two behaviors and come up with the wrong answer. Let's avoid this problem by turning each behavior into a variable. If we call "sitting quietly" and "completing assignments" , then we can easily construct a simple system of equations,

and

.

We can multiply the first equation by to yield .

This allows us to cancel the terms when we add the two equations together. We get , or .

A quick substitution tells us that . So, sitting quietly is worth 3 tokens and completing an assignment on time is worth 7.

6,035 total tickets were sold, and the total number of tickets is the sum of the adult and child tickets, .

Therefore, we can say .

The amount of money raised from adult tickets is $11 per ticket mutiplied by tickets, or dollars; similarly, dollars are raised from child tickets. Add these together to get the total amount of money raised:

These two equations form our system of equations.

Let's call "" the cost of one jersey (this is the value we want to find)

Let's call the amount of money Jack starts with ""

Let's call the amount of money Aaron starts with ""

We know Jack buys a glove for and bats for each, and then has left over after. Thus:

simplifying, so Jack started with

We know Aaron buys hats for each and jerseys (unknown cost "") and spends all his money.

The last important piece of information from the problem is Aaron starts with dollars more than Jack. So:

From before we know:

Plugging in:

so Aaron started with

Finally we plug into our original equation for A and solve for x:

Thus one jersey costs

First, translate the problem into three equations. The statement, "Joule is three years older than twice Newton's age" is mathematically translated as

where represents Joule's age and is Newton's age.

The statement, "Newton is Toby's age younger than eleven years" is translated as

where is Toby's age.

The third statement, "Toby is one year younger than Joule" is

.

So these are our three equations. To figure out the age of these dogs, first I will plug the third equation into the second equation. We get

Plug this equation into the first equation to get

Solve for . Add to both sides

Divide both sides by 3

So Joules is 9 years old. Plug this value into the third equation to find Toby's age

Toby is 8 years old. Use this value to find Newton's age using the second equation

Now, we have the age of the following dogs:

Joule: 9 years

Newton: 3 years

Toby: 8 years

Since this is a long word problem, it might be easy to confuse the two behaviors and come up with the wrong answer. Let's avoid this problem by turning each behavior into a variable. If we call "sitting quietly" and "completing assignments" , then we can easily construct a simple system of equations,

and

.

We can multiply the first equation by to yield .

This allows us to cancel the terms when we add the two equations together. We get , or .

A quick substitution tells us that . So, sitting quietly is worth 3 tokens and completing an assignment on time is worth 7.

6,035 total tickets were sold, and the total number of tickets is the sum of the adult and child tickets, .

Therefore, we can say .

The amount of money raised from adult tickets is $11 per ticket mutiplied by tickets, or dollars; similarly, dollars are raised from child tickets. Add these together to get the total amount of money raised:

These two equations form our system of equations.

Let's call "" the cost of one jersey (this is the value we want to find)

Let's call the amount of money Jack starts with ""

Let's call the amount of money Aaron starts with ""

We know Jack buys a glove for and bats for each, and then has left over after. Thus:

simplifying, so Jack started with

We know Aaron buys hats for each and jerseys (unknown cost "") and spends all his money.

The last important piece of information from the problem is Aaron starts with dollars more than Jack. So:

From before we know:

Plugging in:

so Aaron started with

Finally we plug into our original equation for A and solve for x:

Thus one jersey costs

First, translate the problem into three equations. The statement, "Joule is three years older than twice Newton's age" is mathematically translated as

where represents Joule's age and is Newton's age.

The statement, "Newton is Toby's age younger than eleven years" is translated as

where is Toby's age.

The third statement, "Toby is one year younger than Joule" is

.

So these are our three equations. To figure out the age of these dogs, first I will plug the third equation into the second equation. We get

Plug this equation into the first equation to get

Solve for . Add to both sides

Divide both sides by 3

So Joules is 9 years old. Plug this value into the third equation to find Toby's age

Toby is 8 years old. Use this value to find Newton's age using the second equation

Now, we have the age of the following dogs:

Joule: 9 years

Newton: 3 years

Toby: 8 years

Since this is a long word problem, it might be easy to confuse the two behaviors and come up with the wrong answer. Let's avoid this problem by turning each behavior into a variable. If we call "sitting quietly" and "completing assignments" , then we can easily construct a simple system of equations,

and

.

We can multiply the first equation by to yield .

This allows us to cancel the terms when we add the two equations together. We get , or .

A quick substitution tells us that . So, sitting quietly is worth 3 tokens and completing an assignment on time is worth 7.

6,035 total tickets were sold, and the total number of tickets is the sum of the adult and child tickets, .

Therefore, we can say .

The amount of money raised from adult tickets is $11 per ticket mutiplied by tickets, or dollars; similarly, dollars are raised from child tickets. Add these together to get the total amount of money raised:

These two equations form our system of equations.

Let's call "" the cost of one jersey (this is the value we want to find)

Let's call the amount of money Jack starts with ""

Let's call the amount of money Aaron starts with ""

We know Jack buys a glove for and bats for each, and then has left over after. Thus:

simplifying, so Jack started with

We know Aaron buys hats for each and jerseys (unknown cost "") and spends all his money.

The last important piece of information from the problem is Aaron starts with dollars more than Jack. So:

From before we know:

Plugging in:

so Aaron started with

Finally we plug into our original equation for A and solve for x:

Thus one jersey costs