Solve the word problem below using the steps given in the lesson. Skylar needs $56 to buy a new video game. If he doubles the amount of money he has now, he will have enough to buy the game with $8 left over. How much money does Skylar have right now? Thank you if you can help.

Diana is painting statues she has 7/8 of a liter of paint each statue requires 1/20 of a liter of paint how many statues can she paint?

You are remodeling your kitchen. you’ve contacted two tiling companies who gladly told you how long it took their workers to tile of a similar size jim completed half the floor in 8 hours. pete completed half of the other floor in 7 hours. if pete can lay 20 more tiles per hour than jim, at what rate can jim lay tiles

How is working backward similar to solving an equation?