One-Step Word Problems

Karina played two softball games last week.  She had a total of 9 hits.  She had 4 hits in the first game.  Write an equation to determine how many hits she got in the second game.

• 9 - 4 = h
• h + 4 = 9
• 4h = 9
• h + 9 = 4

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Bhadra has scored 174 points this basketball season.  This is 29 points more than Will has scored.  Write an equation to determine how many points Will has scored.

• x + 29 = 174
• 174 + 29 = x
• 29 - x = 174
• x - 29 = 174

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Keke's height is 6 inches less than Destiny's height.  Write an equation to determine Keke's height if Destiny is 68 inches tall.

• 68 + 6 = k
• k + 68 = 6
• 6k = 68
• 68 - k = 6

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In 5 days, Cydney ran a total of 10 miles.  She ran the same amount each day.  How many miles did she run each day?

• 5 * 10 = m
• 10m = 5
• 5m = 10
• m + 5 = 10

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Gabe is saving an equal amount each week for 4 weeks to buy a $60 video game.  Write an equation to determine how much he needs to save each week. 

• m + 4 = 60
• 4m = 60
• 60 - m = 4
• m/60 = 4

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Samantha is buying cupcakes for her math class.  She purchased 30 cupcakes for $90 dollars.  What was the cost of each cupcake?

• 30c = 90
• 90 - c = 30 
• 90c = 30
• 30 + c = 90

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Jack at one third of the cookies in the cookie jar.  If Jack ate 6 cookies, how many cookies were in the jar?

• c/3 = 6
• 3/c = 6
• 6/c = 3
• c/6 = 3

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Nick makes $8 everytime he mows the lawn over the summer.  If Nick mowed the lawn 7 times, write an equation to determine how much he made total.

• 7x = 8
• x/7 = 8
• x/8 = 7
• 8x = 7

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Alice had already read 7 books this year before joining a book club, and she plans to read 1 book every month now that she has joined.

If Alice has read 9 books so far, how many months has she been with her book club?

• 8 months

• 9 months

• 1 month

• 2 months

A puppy named Onyx started out at 3 pounds and gained 1 pound every month.

At how many months did Onyx weigh 13 pounds?

• 9 months

• 10 months

• 14 months

• 17 months

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