IXL | Solve two-step equations: word problems

Emily just got a dog and wants to install a fence in her backyard. The straight fence panels come in 8-foot-long pieces. She also plans to get a 6-foot-long gate panel. She measured the area starting at her house, going around her yard, and ending at the side of her garage. Emily needs to order enough fence panels to cover a distance of 78 feet.

Which equation can Emily use to find

the number of straight fence panels she will need?

How many straight fence panels will Emily need?

straight fence panels

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The Oakland School's harvest festival is coming up, and Ms. Garza is in charge of ordering the caramel apples again. She knows she ordered 9 cases of caramel apples last year but can't remember how many apples come in a case. She checks last year's records and finds that the school sold 685 caramel apples and had 35 left over.

Which equation can Ms. Garza use to find how many caramel apples,

come in each case?

How many caramel apples come in each case?

caramel apples

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Lesson: Solving equations

Lesson: Writing algebraic expressions

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