Question

3. Corbett’s sold 3 more footballs than basketballs on Saturday. In total, they sold 27 balls. How many of each kind were sold?

4. A hamburger has twice as many calories as a bowl of soup. Together they have 738 calories. How many calories are in each?

5. Carmen’s golf score was 6 strokes less than Lisa’s. Their two scores totalled 168. What was each girl’s score?

6. The sum of two consecutive numbers is 191. What are the two numbers?

Answer 1

3.

let basketballs be x

and footballs will be 3 + x

3 + x + x = 27

2x = 27 - 3

2x = 24

x = 12

basketballs were 12 and footballs 15

4.bowl of soup x

hamburger 2x

2x + x = 738

3x = 738

x = 246

bowl of soup 246 calories

hamburger 492 calories

5. lisa x

carmen x - 6

x - 6 + x = 168

2x = 174

x = 87

lisa 87 strokes and carmen 81 strokes

6. first number x

second number x + 1

x + x + 1 = 191

2x = 190

x = 95

first number is 95 and second number is 96