One-Step Equations Story Problems

Bereni is cooking muffins. The recipe calls for 7 cups of sugar. She has already put in 2 cups. Write an equation to find how many more cups does she need to put in?

• $c-7=2$

• $c+2=7$

• $2c=7$

• $\frac{c}{2}=7$

Now solve using your equation:

Bereni is cooking muffins. The recipe calls for 7 cups of sugar. She has already put in 2 cups. How many more cups does she need to put in?

• Bereni needs 9 more cups of sugar

• Bereni needs 5 more cups of sugar

• Bereni needs 3.5 mire cups of sugar

• Bereni needs 14 more cups of sugar

At a restaurant, Mario and his three friends decided to divide the bill evenly. If each person paid $13 write an equation to find what was the total bill.

• $\frac{b}{4}=13$

• $4b=13$

• $13-b=4$

• $4+b=13$

Now solve using your equation:

At a restaurant, Mario and his three friends decided to divide the bill evenly. If each person paid $13, what was the total bill?

• The bill was $52.

• The bill was $3.25.

• The bill was $17.

• The bill was $39.

Write an equation to find how many packages of diapers can you buy with $40 if one package costs $8.

• $p-40=8$

• $8+p=40$

• $\frac{p}{8}=40$

• $8p=40$

Now solve sing your equation:

How many packages of diapers can you buy with $40 if one package costs $8?

• You can buy 48 packages of diapers.

• You can buy 32 packages of diapers.

• You can buy 320 packages of diapers.

• You can buy 5 packages of diapers.

Last Friday Marco had $29. Over the weekend he received some money for cleaning the attic. He now has $41. Write an equation to find how much money he received?

• $\frac{41}{m}=29$

• $29m=41$

• $m+29=41$

• $m-29=41$

Now use your equation to solve:

Last Friday Marco had $29. Over the weekend he received some money for cleaning the attic. He now has $41. How much money did he receive?

• Marco received $20.

• Marco received $1.42.

• Marco received $12.

• Marco received $70.

Zoe and her best friend found some money buried in a field. They split the money evenly, each getting $24.28. Write an equation to find how much money they found.

• $\frac{m}{2}=24.28$

• $2m=24.28$

• $\frac{24.28}{m}=2$

• $24.28m=2$

Now use your equation to solve:

Zoe and her best friend found some money buried in a field. They split the money evenly, each getting $24.28. How much money did they find?

• They found $48.56.

• They found $12.14

• They found $22.28.

• They found $48.46.