Javier rode his bike for a total of 41 minutes. Before lunch, he rode for 1 minute less than 5 times the number of minutes he rode after lunch. How many minutes did Javier ride before lunch?

If after lunch he rode x minutes, then

(5x-1)+x = 41
6x=42
x=7

so, he rode 34 minutes before lunch.

Together , tom and max have 72 football cards. Tom has 2 more than 4 times as many cards as max has. How many football cards does tom have .

The answer is 34

Sue scored a total of 35 points in two games.

She scored 6 times as many points in the
second game as in the first. How many more
points did she score in the second game?

In Sean’s fish tank, there are 6 times as

many goldfish as guppies. There are a total
of 21 fish in the tank. How many more
goldfish are there than guppies?

34

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