In

2018

, an Apple MacBook weighed about

1lb

less than the Apple Macintosh PowerBook did in

1991

. Find the weight of each computer if they weighed a total of

9.2lb

.

The weight of the Apple Macintosh PowerBook from

1991

is

lb

as compared to the Apple MacBook weighing

In a clinching game, the Capitals had two more shots on goal than the Golden Knights. Together, they had

58

shots. How many shots did each team have?

The Capitals had shots and the Golden Knights shots.

farmer plants soybeans and corn on his

480

acres of land. He plants twice as many acres with soybeans as with corn. How many acres are planted with each crop?

The farmer plants

acres of corn and

acres of soybeans.

A serving of salsa contains one-fourth of the number of calories of the same-sized serving of guacamole. Find the number of calories in each snack if they contain a total of

165

calories.

One serving of salsa contains calories compared to the calories in the same-sized service of guacamole.

Solve using the five-step method.

A

47in

board is to be cut into two pieces so that one piece is

15in

shorter than the other. Find the length of each piece.

The length of the shorter piece is

in

. The length of the longer piece is

in

.

Use the

problem-solving flowchart

. The sum of two consecutive integers is

47

. Find the integers.

The integers are

Solve using the five-step method.

Find two consecutive odd integers such that the smaller one is

8

more than one-third the larger

The integers are

and

.

Solve using the five-step method.

A cookie recipe uses six times as much flour as sugar. If the total amount of these ingredients is

514

cups, how much sugar and how much flour are in these cookies?

The recipe calls for cups of sugar and cups of flour.

Solve using the five-step method.

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the mayor cuts a

64ft

ribbon into two pieces so that the length of one piece is

10ft

shorter than the other. Find the length of each piece.

The length of the shorter piece is

ft

. The length of the longer piece is

ft

.

Solve using the five-step method.

In

2015

, there were

292

more new cases of tuberculosis in the United States than in

2016

. In

2017

, the number of new cases was

166

less than in

2016

. If the total number of new TB cases in those three years was

27,888

, how many people had TB each year?

The number of people with TB in

2015

was

,

in

2016

and

in

2017

.

Solve using the five-step method.

Workers cutting down a large tree have a rope that is

36ft

long. They need to cut it into two pieces so that one piece is half the length of the other piece. How long is each piece of rope?

The rope needs to be cut into two pieces of

ft

and

ft