
Question 4 (for 8th grade students):
The total cost of a stereo is $230. Jamie put $50 down on the stereo and will pay the rest in 3 equal payments. If x is the amount of each payment, which equation could you use to find the amount of each payment?
a. $230 + $50 = 3x
b. 3x - $50 = $230
c. 3x + $50 = $230
d. $180 + x = $230
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1. Each of the following contributed to the golden Age of Athens except:
Answer:
d. Alexander
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2. Which of these was a result of the Meiji Restoration in Japan?
Answer:
b. Move toward industrialization
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3. As the British monarchy began to take greater control of colonial governments in the early 1770s, the British government began to:
Answer:
a. change self-governing colonies to royal colonies.
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4. The total cost of a stereo is $230. Jamie put $50 down on the stereo and will pay the rest in 3 equal payments. If x is the amount of each payment, which equation could you use to find the amount of each payment?
Answer:
c. 3x + $50 = $230
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