Analyze and Solve

Linear Equations
Math B College Prep

Module #1
Homework

Created in collaboration with

Utah Middle School Math Project
A University of Utah Partnership Project

San Dieguito Union High School District

1.1A Homework: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
Name: Period:

1. A mistake was made when dividing the fractions. The work is shown
to the right. Circle and explain the mistake made. Simplify correctly.

Directions: Perform the indicated operation. Write your answers as a simplified improper fraction. Show all of
your work.

2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7.

8. 9. 10.

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11. 12. 13.

14. 15. 16.

17. Emily’s pancake recipe calls for cups of flour. Her cousin is visiting for the weekend, and she wants
to double the recipe. How much flour should she use?

a. Write an expression that represents the situation.

b. Write your answer in a complete sentence.

18. Laura has 15 apple trees in her orchard. If I she can harvest the fruit from trees each day, how many
days will it take her to harvest the entire orchard?

a. Write an expression that represents the situation.

b. Write your answer in a complete sentence.

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1.1B Homework: Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Name: Period:

Directions: Find the sum, difference, product, or quotient. Show all of your work.

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

9. Over the weekend, Rose spent hours total studying. If she spent hours studying on Saturday, how
long did she study on Sunday?

a. Write an expression that represents the situation.

b. Write your answer in a complete sentence.

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10. A big batch of trail mix consists of cups of almonds, 2 cups of cashews and cups of M&Ms.

a. How many more cups of cashews are in the trail mix than M&Ms? Show all of your work.

b. How many total cups of almonds, cashews and M&Ms are in the trail mix? Show all of your work.

c. Both Cora and Emily want an equal amount of trail mix. How many cups should each girl get?

11. A drink recipe calls for 3 cups lemonade, cups orange juice, and cups sparkling water.

a. How many more cups of orange juice than water are in the recipe? Show all of your work.

b. How many total cups of lemonade, orange juice and water are in the recipe? Show all of your work.

c. Jan needs to quadruple the recipe for a birthday party. How many total cups will she need?

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1.1C Homework: Sets of Numbers and Order of Operations
Name: Period:

Directions: Name the property shown.

1. 2. ( ) ( ) ( )

3. ( ) ( ) 4. ( )

5. 6.

7. State if the statement is true or false. If false, explain why.

a. is an integer. b. All integers are rational numbers.

c. ̅̅̅̅ is a rational number. d. is a whole number.

f. is a rational number.
e. √ is a natural number.

Directions: Use order of operations to simplify the expression. Show all of your work.

8. 9. ( )

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10. [ ( )] 11. ( ) ( )

12. ( ) 13.

14. 15. ( )

Spiral Review:

16. What percent of 125 is 60?

17. True or false, the sum of a positive number and a negative number is always a negative number.

18. At the end of the year sale at Byte Boys, a laptop that sold for $310 was discounted 25%. What was the
sale price?

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1.1D Homework: Linear Expressions and Algebra Tiles*
Name: Period:

Directions: A mistake was made when simplifying the expressions below. Identify and explain the mistake
made. Simplify the expressions correctly.

1. simplifies to Explain mistake: Correct answer:

2. ( ) simplifies to Explain mistake: Correct answer:

3. Use the expression to complete the following.

a. Model the expression. Circle zero pairs.

b. Write the simplified form of the expression.

c. Evaluate for .

d. Classify the solution.

4. Use the expression ( ) to complete the following.

a. Model the expression. Circle zero pairs.

b. Write the simplified form of the expression.

c. Evaluate for .

d. Classify the solution.

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5. Use the expression to complete the following.

a. Simplify the expression. b. Evaluate for .

c. Evaluate for . d. Evaluate for

Directions: Simplify the expression. Show all of your work.

6. 7. ( )

8. ( ) 9. ( )

10. ( ) 11. ( ) ( )

12. Dan’s basketball coaches have set up the following schedule for practice: 10 minutes of warm-up and
stretching; 15 minutes of defensive drills; 10 minutes of passing drills; 20 minutes of shooting practice; and
x minutes of time to scrimmage.

a. Circle three expressions below that represent the amount of time Dan will practice each week if the
team practices 3 days a week.

( ) ( )

b. If Dan’s team scrimmages for 35 minutes each practice, how long is each practice?

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1.1E Homework: Linear Expressions and Real-World Contexts*
Name: Period:

Directions: Simplify each expression. Show all of your work.

1. ( ) 2. ( )

3. 4. ( )

5. ( ) 6. ( )

7. Christina is purchasing one of each of the following for her nieces for Easter: a pack of sidewalk chalk that
costs $2.25, a bottle of bubbles that costs $1, and a chocolate bunny that costs $3.50.

a. Circle three expressions below that represent the amount of money Christina will spend if she has n
nieces?

( )

( )

b. If Christina has 5 nieces, how much money will she spend on gifts for Easter? Show all of your work.

c. To find the solution to part , which expression did you chose? Explain.

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8. Master Tickets charges $35 for each concert ticket, plus an additional $2 service fee for each ticket sold.

a. Identify your unknown quantity.

b. Write an expression that represents the total cost of the concert tickets and simplify your expression.

c. If 4 concert tickets were purchased, what was the total cost?

9. An official tennis court has a width that is 42 feet shorter than the length.

a. Identify your unknown quantities.

b. Write an expression that represents the perimeter of the tennis court and simplify your expression.

c. If a tennis court has a length of 78 feet, what is the perimeter of the entire court?

10. At North Shoe Store, a pair of boots is $30 more than a pair of sandals. Aryanna purchased 2 pairs of
boots and 3 pairs of sandals.

a. Identify your unknown quantities.

b. Write an expression for the total amount spent and simplify your expression.

c. If a pair of sandals is $15, how much money did Aryanna spend?

11. At work, Nadia is paid time and a half (which means she is paid 1.5 times her normal hourly rate) for every
hour she works over 40 hours. Nadia worked 50 hours last week.

a. Identify your unknown quantities.

b. Write an expression for the amount of money Nadia earned and simplify your expression.

c. If Nadia earns $10.50 per hour, how much money did Nadia make last week?

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1.1F Homework: Solving Linear Equations and Algebra Tiles*
Name: Period:

1. Use the model to complete the following. Model

a. What linear equation is represented by the model?

b. Model your solving process using Algebra tiles.

c. Solve algebraically.

d. Verify your solution.

2. For the equation ( ) model your solving process. Then solve algebraically and verify
your solution.

Model: Solve algebraically:

Verify your solution:

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Directions: A mistake was made when solving the equations below. Circle and explain the mistake made.
Solve the equations correctly.

3. Equation: ( ) Mistake made:

Equation solved correctly:

4. Equation: ( ) Mistake made:

Equation solved correctly:

5. Equation: ( ) Mistake made:

( )

( )
Equation solved correctly:

( )

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Directions: Solve the following equations. Show all of your work.

6. 7. ( )

8. ( ) 9. ( )

10. ( ) 11. ( )

12. ( ) 13. ( ) ( )

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1.1G Homework: Solving Linear Equations*
Name: Period:

Directions: Solve each equation. Show all of your work and verify your solutions.

1. ( ) 2.

Verify: Verify:

Directions: Solve each equation and clear fractions or decimals when needed. Show all of your work.

3. ( ) 4.

5. 6. ( )

7. ( ) 8.

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9. ( ) ( ) 10. ( )

11. 12.

13. A mistake was made when solving the equation below. Circle and explain the mistake made. Solve the
equation correctly.

1
Equation: ( x  15)  11 Mistake made:
3

Equation solved correctly:

( ) ( )

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1.1H Homework: Linear Equations and Real-World Contexts*
Name: Period:

1. Examine the context to complete the following.

a. Write the expressions and equation that represents Context:

the situation if is . In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, the measure of 𝐵 is three
times larger than the measure of 𝐶.
The measure of 𝐴 is twice as large
as the measure of 𝐶.The sum of the
angles in a triangle is 180˚.

Equation:

b. Find the measure of each angle in the triangle. Show all of your work.

2. At Zilly’s, a pair of sandals is $15 less than a pair of boots. Grace purchased three pairs of sandals and two
pairs of boots for $120. Riley wants to figure out how much Grace spent on her pair of boots so she can
buy a pair for herself. Riley’s work is shown below.

a. Did Riley figure out the

correct price of Grace’s
boots? If not, explain the
mistake Riley made in her
solving process.

b. If Riley made an error, find the correct price. Show all of your work.

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Directions: Write an expression for each unknown quantity and an equation for the word problem. Solve your
equation and write your solution in a complete sentence. Show all of your work.

3. The length of a rectangle is and the width is 5 ft. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 34 ft., find the length
of the rectangle.

4. Clara found some quarters and nickels at the bottom of her backpack. She found three more than twice the
amount of nickels as quarters. After totaling up the coins, she had $3.65. How many nickels and quarters
did Clara find at the bottom of her backpack?

5. Jackson scored 98%, 87%, 92%, and 92% on his first four math tests. What score must he earn on the fifth
test to have an average of 93% in the class?

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1.1I Homework: Linear Equations and Creating Real-World Contexts*
Name: Period:

Directions: The contexts below were written to represent the given expressions and equations. A mistake was
made when writing the context.

1.

a. Edit the context so that it correctly represents the expressions and equation.

b. Find the measure of angle A and the measure of angle B.

2.

a. Edit the context so that it correctly represents the expressions and equation.

b. How many of each type of coin does Daphne have?

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Directions: Write a context that represents the given information and equation. Solve and write your solution
in a complete sentence. Show all of your work.

3. Rectangles Context:

width:

length:

( )

Solution:

4. Ages Context:

DJ’s current age:

Kevin’s current age:

( )

Solution:

5. The Cost of Clothes Context:

Cost of a shirt:

Cost of a pair of jeans:

3c  (c  12)  124

Solution:

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6. Ages Context:

McKenna’s current age:

Riley’s current age:

( ) ( )

Solution:

7. Triangles Context:

x  x  (3x)  180

Solution:

Spiral Review:

8. What percent of 120 is 45?

9. Simplify:

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Section 1.1: Review
Name: Period:

Directions: Simplify each expression and evaluate for the given value. Show all of your work.

1. ( ); evaluate for 2. ( ) evaluate for

Simplified Expression Evaluation Simplified Expression Evaluation

3. ( ) evaluate for 4. ( ) ; evaluate for

Simplified Expression Evaluation

Simplified Expression Evaluation

5. For the equation ( ) model your solving process using Algebra tiles, solve algebraically and
verify your solution.

Model solving process: Solve Algebraically:

Verify your solution:

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Directions: Solve the following equations and verify your solutions. Show all of your work.

6. 7.

Verify: Verify:

Directions: Solve the following equations. Show all of your work. Classify your solution as a natural, whole,
integer and/or rational number.

8. ( ) 9.

Solution: Solution:

Classify solution: Classify solution:

Directions: Solve each equation. Show all of your work.

10. 11. ( )

12. ( ) 13.

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14. 15. ( )

16. ( ) 17.

Directions: A mistake was made when solving the equations below. Circle and explain the mistake made and
solve the equations correctly.

18. Equation: ( ) Mistake made:

Equation solved correctly:

19. Equation: ( ) Mistake made:

Equation solved correctly:

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Directions: Write an expression for each unknown quantity and an equation for the word problem. Solve your
equation and write your solution in a complete sentence. Show all of your work.

20. During the summer, Victoria has soccer practice three times a week and swim lessons four times a week.
Each swim lesson is 15 minutes shorter than soccer practice. Victoria spends a total of 255 minutes each
week doing both activities. How many minutes is one soccer practice? How many minutes is one swim
lesson?

21. Mallory has five more than twice as many quarters as nickels. The total value of all the coins is $4.55. How
many quarters and nickels does Mallory have?

Directions: Write a context that represents the given information and equation. Solve and write your solution
in a complete sentence. Show all of your work.

22. Triangles Context:

( )

Solution:

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1.2A Homework: Solving Linear Inequalities
Name: Period:

Directions: Solve each inequality. Show all of your work. State four values that satisfy the inequality and four
values that do not.

1. Values that satisfy Values that do not

the inequality satisfy the inequality

Whole #: Whole #:

Natural #: Natural #:

Integer #: Integer #:
Solution:
Rational #: Rational #:

2. ( ) Values that satisfy Values that do not

the inequality satisfy the inequality

Whole #: Whole #:

Natural #: Natural #:

Integer #: Integer #:
Solution:

Rational #: Rational #:

Directions: Solve each inequality and graph its solution set on a number line. Show all of your work.

3. 4. ( )

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5. 6. ( )

7. ( ) ( ) 8.

9. ( ) 10.

Spiral Review:

11. Simplify: ( )

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1.2B Homework: Solving Multi-Step Linear Equations (variables on both sides)*
Name: Period:

1. For the equation ( ) , model your solving process using tiles, solve algebraically and verify
your solution.

Model solving process: Solve algebraically:

Verify your solution.

Directions: Solve the following equations. Show all of your work.

2. 3. ( )

4. ( ) ( ) 5. ( )

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6. ( ) ( ) 7.

9. ( ) ( )
8.

10. ( ) 11.

12. A mistake was made when solving the equation below. Circle and explain the mistake made. Solve the
equation correctly.

Equation: ( ) ( ) Mistake made:

( ) ( ) Equation solved correctly:

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1.2C Homework: Solving Linear Equations with Different Solving Outcomes*
Name: Period:

Directions: Without solving, determine the number of solutions by examining the structure of the equation.

1. 2. 3(m  3)  3m  9 3.

Directions: Examine the structure of each equation by simplifying both sides first. State if there are infinitely
many solutions, no solution or one solution. If there is one solution, solve the equation and state the solution. If
there are infinitely many solutions or no solution, justify why using the structure of the equation.

4. ( ) 5. ( )

6. ( ) 7.

8. 9. ( )

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 1
10.  6m  10   3m  5 11.
2

12. ( ) 13. ( )

14. ( ) 15.

16. ( ) 17. ( )

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Directions: Fill in the blanks of the following equations to meet the given criteria. In some cases, there may be
more than one correct answer.

18. An equation that yields one solution: 8 x   x  10

19. An equation that yields no solution: 8 x   x  10

20. An equation that yields infinitely many solutions: 8 x  24   x 

Directions: Create your own equations with variables on both sides that meet the given criteria.

21. An equation that yields one solution of .

22. An equation that yields no solution.

23. An equation that yields infinitely many solutions.

Spiral Review:

24. Order the fractions from least to greatest.

25. Simplify:

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1.2D Homework: Solving Linear Inequalities (variables on both sides)
Name: Period:

Directions: Solve each inequality. Graph your solution on a number line. Show all of your work.

1. 2. ( )

3. ( ) 4.

5. ( ) ( ) 6.

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7. 8. ( ) ( )

9. ( ) ( ) 10.

Spiral Review:

11. Complete the table.

Fraction Decimal Percent

0.16

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1.2E Homework: Solving Linear Equations to Model Real-World Contexts*
Name: Period:

Directions: Write a context that represents the given expressions and equation. Solve and write your solution
in a complete sentence. Show all of your work.

1. Fixing Your Car Context:

Number of hours it takes to fix your car:

Cost of Mike’s Mechanics: 15h  75

Cost of Bubba’s Body Shop:

15h  75  25h

Solution:

a. Which shop would be a better deal if it took 4 hours to fix your car?

b. Which shop would be a better deal if it took 10 hours to fix your car?

2. World Languages Context:

Number of years:

Number of Students Enrolled in French: 160  9t

Number of Students Enrolled in Spanish: 85  6t

Solution:

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3. Downloading Music Context:

Number of songs downloaded:

Monthly cost of downloading songs at bTunes:

Monthly cost of downloading songs at iMusic:

Solution:

a. Which is a better deal if you download 10 songs per month? 20 songs per month?

b. Which is a better deal if you download 100 songs per month?

Directions: Define your variable and write an expression for each unknown quantity. Write an equation for the
word problem. Solve your equation and write your solution in a complete sentence. Show all of your work.

4. Molly is thinking of a number. If she takes half her number and subtracts 5, she will get 3 times the sum of
her number and 10. What is Molly’s number?

Define unknowns: Equation:

Solve: Sentence:

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5. Underground Floors charges $8 per square foot of wood flooring plus $150 for installation. Jimmy’s
Hardwood Flooring charges $6 per square foot plus $200 for installation.

a. At how many square feet of flooring would the two companies charge the same amount for flooring?

b. If you were going to put flooring on your kitchen floor that had an area of 120 square feet, which company
would you choose?

6. Jackson is eight years older than Sam. Three years ago, Jackson was twice as old as Sam was then.
How old is Jackson now?

7. Owen and Charlotte’s mom give them the same amount of money to spend at the fair. They both spend
all of their money. Owen goes on 8 rides and spends $5 on pizza while Charlotte goes on 5 rides and
spends $6.50 on pizza and ice cream. How much does each ride cost?

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1.2F Homework: Abstracting the Solving Process
Name: Period:

Directions: Solve the following equations for where and are real numbers not equal to 0.

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7.
8.

9. 10.

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11. The equation ( ) can be used to find the perimeter, , of a rectangle given length and width, .

a. Solve the equation for width, .

b. If the perimeter of a rectangle is 18 meters and has a length of 4 meters, what is the width of the
rectangle?

12. The equation can be used to find the area, , of a triangle given a base and height, .

a. Solve the equation for base, .

b. If the area of a triangle is 20 meters with a height of 5 meters, what is the length of the base of the
triangle?

Spiral Review:

13. A side if a square is 2.9 inches. What is the perimeter? What is the area?

14. Emily answered 95% of the test questions correctly. If she answered 38 questions correctly, how many
questions were on the test?

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Section 1.2: Review
Name: Period:

Directions: Solve the following equations. Show all of your work and verify your solutions.

1. 7( x  3)  3x  3( x  2) 2.
( ) ( )

Verify: Verify:

3. Payton says the equation has no solution because there are no constants. Molly disagrees with
Payton and says that the equation does have a solution.

a. Who is correct in their thinking? Without solving, explain why.

b. Solve the equation Show all of your work.

Directions: Solve the following equations or inequalities. Show all of your work.

4. ( ) 5. ( )

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6. ( ) ( ) 7. ( )

8. 9.

10. ( ) ( ) 11.

12. ( ) ( ) 13. ( )

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14. ( ) 15.

16. 17. ( )

18. Select all equations that have one solution.

A. 2x + 2x + 2 = 4x + 2 C. ( )

B. x + x – (x + x) = 2x – x + 2 D.

19. Select all equations that have infinitely many solutions.

A. 2x + x – 4 = –x – x – x + 2 – 6 C. x + 2x + 3 + 3 + 3 = 3(x + 3)

B. 4(x + 9) = 2(2x + 9) + (–18) D. 7x – 9 = 2x – 5x – 9

20. Select all equations that have no solution.

A. 6 + 2x = 2(x + 6) C. 11x – (x + 5) = –2(–5x – 3)

B. 3(3x – 4) = –9x + 11 D. 3x – (x – x) = x + 4

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Directions: Solve for and show all of your work. Assume no variables equal 0.

21. 22.

23. 24.

25. 26. ( )

27. The equation ( ) can be used to find the area of a trapezoid given a height and
bases .

a. Solve the equation for base .

b. If the area of a trapezoid is 377 with a height of 26 cm and length of base b of 14 cm, what is the
length of base a?

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