5. The length of a runway is 150 times its width. If the width of the runway is 6 metres, how long is the runway?
6. Write word problems for these equations. a) 4x = 32 (for example: If 4 apples cost 32c, how much does 1 apple cost?) b) y + 5 = 25
c) 5z – 7 = 33 d) €81 ÷ 9 = x
7. Robert is going on holiday to England. The current exchange rate is 1.5 euro to 1 pound sterling. Formulate an equation to help you complete this table.
Euro (€)
10 50 75
110 195 215 Puzzler
Derek walks to school every day. If he walks a total of 35km each week, how long is his journey to school?
Make sure you consider all aspects of this problem carefully before working out your answer.
If he walked a total of 732km during the course of the whole school year, what information would you need to have to help you work out the answer? When you have that information, work out the answer.