Mrs. Jackson earned a 500 bonus for signing a one-year contract to work as a nurse. Her salary is 22 per hour. If her first week's check including the bonus is 1,204, how many hours did Mrs. Jackson work?

Ok so your first step is to make this an equation

she gets paid x amount per hour and she works for 22 hours

so 22x plus her bonus

22x + 500 = 1204

so now solve the equation

subtract both sides by 500

22x + 500 = 1204

-500 = - 500

to get

22x = 704

now divide both sides by 22

x = 32

mrs jackson worked 32 hours to get her pay check