Quiz about Single Step Word Problems

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

48

Answer

32

Answer

320

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

$12

Answer

$70

Answer

$1189

Answer

$1.41

Question 3

Last week Julia ran 30 miles more than Pranav. Julia ran 47 miles. How many miles did Pranav run? (What is the unknown and what would be the equation?)

Accepted Answer

17 miles

Answer

77 miles

Answer

1410 miles

Answer

1.5 miles

Question 4

After paying $5.12 for a salad, Norachai has $27.10. How much money did he have before buying the salad?

Accepted Answer

$32.22

Answer

$21.98

Answer

$138.75

Answer

$5.29

Question 5

Mary earns $14 per hour. How many hours did she work to earn $112?

Accepted Answer

8 hours

Answer

126 hours

Answer

98 hours

Answer

1568 hours

Question 6

Deanne worked 25 hours this week. That was 3 hours less than she worked last week. How many hours did she work last week?

Accepted Answer

28

Answer

22

Answer

75

Answer

8.3

Question 7

My brother is 2 years older than I am. He is 18 years old. How old am I?

Accepted Answer

16

Answer

20

Answer

36

Answer

9

Question 8

Todd caught three times as many fish this year than last year. He caught 63 fish this year. How many fish did he catch last year?

Accepted Answer

21

Answer

66

Answer

60

Answer

189

Question 9

In 2010, a tree was 8 feet tall. In 2011 the tree was 14 feet tall. How many feet did the tree grow?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

22

Answer

112

Answer

1.75

Question 10

Sally bought three candy bars for a total of $18.00. How much did each candy bar cost?

Accepted Answer

$6

Answer

16 cents

Answer

$15

Answer

15 cents

Question 11

Working together, Joy and Steve collected 53 pounds of aluminum cans for recycling. If Joy collected 20 pounds, find the number of pounds, that Steve collected.

Accepted Answer

33

Answer

73

Answer

1060

Answer

2.65

Question 12

Lisa 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?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

9

Answer

14

Answer

3.5

Question 13

How many boxes of envelopes can you buy with $12 if one box costs $3?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

15

Answer

9

Answer

36

Question 14

Joey and four of his friends went out to eat. They decided to split the bill evenly. Each person paid $11.13. What was the total bill? Write an equation you could use to solve this equation. Use d as your variable.

Accepted Answer

d/5=$11.13

Answer

d/4=$11.13

Answer

4d=$11.13

Answer

5d=$11.13

Question 15

WRITE AN EQUATION
Amanda 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?

Accepted Answer

x/2=24.28

Answer

24.28/x=2

Answer

2x=24.28

Answer

24.28/2=x

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

x/4=13

Answer

4x=13

Answer

x/3=13

Answer

13(4)=x

Question 17

Apples cost $2 per pound. How many pounds of apples can you buy for $20?

Accepted Answer

2a = 20

Answer

a/2 = 20

Answer

20/a = 2

Answer

2/a = 20

Question 18

Robin made $24.00 one weekend and some money, m, the next. She made a total of $65.00. How much money did Robin make the second weekend? Using m as your variable write an equation to solve this problem.

Accepted Answer

m+24=65

Answer

24m=65

Answer

m/24=65

Answer

m-24=65

Question 19

Amy was given an amount of money, m, for a good grades on her report card. She spent $15.00 and now has $25.32. How much money did she get for good grades? Write an equation you could use to solve this problem. Use m as your variable.

Accepted Answer

m-15=25.32

Answer

m-25.32=15

Answer

m/25.32

Answer

15m=25.32

Question 20

Joe made $24.00 dollars mowing lawns last week.  He charges 4 dollars per lawn.  How many lawns did he mow last week?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

8

Answer

3

Answer

5

Question 21

There are 45 students in the 7th grade band class.  The director wants to put them into rows of 5 students.  How many rows will he need?

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

10

Answer

5

Answer

3

Question 22

A cereal box holds 18 cups of cereal.  Each serving is 2 cups.  How many servings are in the box?

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

3

Answer

4

Answer

5

Question 23

Mrs. Jones wants to put her recipes into an album. Each page will hold 6 recipes.  She has 36 recipes.  How many pages will she need?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

12

Answer

3

Answer

7

Question 24

Kim mother wants to make 3 ribbons of equal length.  She has 21 inches of ribbon.  How long will each ribbon be?

Accepted Answer

7 inches

Answer

12 inches

Answer

3 inches

Answer

5 inches

Question 25

At the fair, all 28 students want to ride the Twister.  Each car will hold 4 people.  How many cars will they need ?

Accepted Answer

7

Answer

3

Answer

8

Answer

9

Question 26

Joel has 3 bags of cookies. Each bag has 5 cookies in it. What is the total amount of cookies Joel has?

Accepted Answer

15 cookies

Answer

8 cookies

Answer

14 cookies

Answer

2 cookies

Question 27

The library has 8 shelves to hold books. If each shelf can hold 10 books, what is the total amount of books the library can hold?

Accepted Answer

80 books

Answer

18 books

Answer

78 books

Answer

2 books

Question 28

Raleigh has 24 cookies. 4 kids share them equally. How many cookies does each kid get?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

28

Answer

24

Answer

20

Question 29

There are 24 cupcakes. Riley, Maggie, and Laura each have an equal amount of cupcakes. How many cupcakes does each person have?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

24

Question 30

Maggie had 21 mini cookies. She had 3 baskets. How many cookies can go in each basket if she divides them equally?

Accepted Answer

7

Answer

6

Answer

5

Answer

1

Question 31

There are 20 cupcakes at the bakery. 4 kids buy all of the cupcakes and share them equally. How many cupcakes would each kid get?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

6

Answer

24

Answer

8

Question 32

Ms. Rojas baked 27 cookies. 3 kids are sharing the cookies equally. How many cookies does each kid get?

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

30

Question 33

There were 16 cupcakes at the bakery. 4 friends bought the cupcakes and shared them equally. How many cupcakes did each friend get?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

12

Answer

20

Answer

3

Question 34

Caroline has 15 cuties. Caroline and her 2 sisters share them equally. How many cuties do each sister get?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

15

Answer

17

Answer

3

Question 35

Gretta places 32 stamps into groups of 8. How many groups of stamps are there?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

3

Answer

6

Answer

7

Question 36

Abby went for a 12- mile bike ride.  She stopped every 3 miles to take pictures.  How many time did Abby stop during her bike ride?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

3

Answer

9

Answer

15

Question 37

Alicia and her sisters Henna and Maria are sharing a plate of shrimp.  There are 27 shrimp on a plate.  How many shrimp will each girl get if they divide the shrimp evenly?

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

6

Answer

7

Answer

8

Question 38

A hamburger uses 0.25 pounds of ground beef.  How many hamburgers can you make from 2.5 pounds of ground beef?

Accepted Answer

Division

Answer

Addition

Answer

Subtraction

Answer

Multiplication

Question 39

A hamburger uses 0.25 pounds of ground beef.  How much ground beef to you need to make 10 hamburgers?

Accepted Answer

Multiplication

Answer

Addition

Answer

Subtraction

Answer

Division

Question 40

A hamburger from McDonald's costs $1.79 and a drink costs $1.19.  What is the total cost for a drink and a hamburger from McDonald's?

Accepted Answer

Addition

Answer

Subtraction

Answer

Multiplication

Answer

Division

Question 41

You buy a hamburger and a drink from McDonald's and it costs $3.19. You give the cashier a $5 bill.  How much money will you get back?

Accepted Answer

Subtraction

Answer

Addition

Answer

Multiplication

Answer

Division

Question 42

A shirt at Ambercrombie costs $29.99 and a necklace costs $14.99.  How much would it cost to buy 3 shirts?

Accepted Answer

Multiplication

Answer

Addition

Answer

Subtraction

Answer

Division

Question 43

A shirt at Ambercrombie costs $29.99 and a necklace costs $14.99.  You are going to share the cost of the shirt with you and your parents.  How much will you have to pay for the shirt?

Accepted Answer

Division

Answer

Addition

Answer

Subtraction

Answer

Multiplication

Question 44

A bag of treats has 5 pieces of candy.  How many bags of treats can be made from a bag of 75 treats?

Accepted Answer

Division

Answer

Addition

Answer

Subtraction

Answer

Multiplication

Question 45

A bag of treats has 5 pieces of candy.  A piece of candy costs $0.35.  How much does a bag of treats cost?

Accepted Answer

Multiplication

Answer

Addition

Answer

Subtraction

Answer

Division

Question 46

A bag of treats has 5 pieces of candy.  A different bag of treats has 10 pieces of candy.  What is the difference in the amount of candy in the 2 bags?

Accepted Answer

Subtraction

Answer

Addition

Answer

Multiplication

Answer

Division

Question 47

A bag of treats has 5 pieces of candy.  A different bag of treats has 10 pieces of candy.  What is the total amount of candy in the 2 bags?

Accepted Answer

Addition

Answer

Subtraction

Answer

Multiplication

Answer

Division

Question 48

Audrey made muffins for her children. She made 3/6 of a pack of muffins. She gave the muffins equally to 5 children. How much of a pack of muffins will each child get?

Accepted Answer

1/10

Answer

30/3

Answer

10

Answer

3/30

Question 49

Julie walks 10 dogs a week and gets paid $4.25 for each dog. How much money does she make in one week?

Accepted Answer

$42.50

Answer

$442.50

Answer

$425.00

Question 50

I bought 10 tickets for 9.25 each to go the new Star Wars movie. If I had a $100 bill, do I have enough money to pay for all the tickets?

Accepted Answer

Yes, and I have $7.50 left

Answer

No, I need a lot more money than that!

Answer

Yes, I have $6.50 left

Answer

Are you kidding? There are no tickets left for that movie!

Question 51

Seth had a 1.5 liter bottle of tomato juice.  He drank some.  There were 0.895 liters left when his sister, Beth,  came to get a snack.  How much did Seth drink?

Accepted Answer

0.605 liters

Answer

-745 liters

Answer

-880 liters

Answer

0.745 liters

Question 52

Maria walks a round-trip of 0.75 mile to school every day.  How many miles will she walk in 4.5 days?

Accepted Answer

3.375 miles

Answer

0.3375 miles

Answer

33.75 miles

Answer

337.5 miles

Question 53

Mika babysat for the Tylers for 3.5 hours.  They gave her $26.25.  How much did she make per hour?

Accepted Answer

$7.50 per hour

Answer

$0.75 per hour

Answer

$9.80 per hour

Answer

$13.33 per hour

Question 54

A hike starts at an elevation 30 meters below sea level and ends at a point 9500 meters higher than the starting point. How high would you be at the end of the hike?

Accepted Answer

9470

Answer

-9470

Answer

9530

Answer

-9530

Question 55

Ms. A needed 20 dollars a show. She withdrew seven times that amount. How much money did she withdraw?

Accepted Answer

-140

Answer

140

Answer

27

Answer

-27

Question 56

Nancy won a certain number of pieces of gum playing the bean bag toss at the county fair. At school she gave 21 away to her classmates. She only has 5 remaining. How many did she give away? Write an equation to solve this problem using g as your variable.

Accepted Answer

g-21=5

Answer

g/21=5

Answer

g-5=21

Answer

g+5=21

Question 57

After paying $3.32 for a sandwich, Brenda has $19.79. How much money did she start with? Which equation could you use to solve this problem?

Accepted Answer

m-3.32=19.79

Answer

3.32m=19.79

Answer

m-19.97=3.32

Question 58

Andrew has saved $55 toward the purchase of an IPOD. The IPOD costs $145. Which equation represents the amount Andrew needs to save to by the IPOD?

Accepted Answer

55 + x = 145

Answer

145x = 55

Answer

55 - x = 145

Answer

145 (55) = x

Question 59

In 2016, a giraffe was 8 feet tall. In 2017 the giraffe was 14 feet tall. Write an equation and find how many feet  the giraffe grew. Write an equation to solve this problem. Use g as your variable.

Accepted Answer

g + 8 = 14

Answer

g - 8 = 14

Answer

g/8 = 14

Answer

8g=14

Question 60

WRITE AN EQUATION
At a restaurant, Coach Carpenter and three of his friends decided to divide the bill evenly. If each person paid $13 then what was the total bill?

Accepted Answer

x/4=13

Answer

4x=13

Answer

x/3=13

Answer

13(4)=x

Question 61

Oranges cost $2 per pound. How many pounds of oranges can you buy for $20?

Accepted Answer

2a = 20

Answer

a/2 = 20

Answer

20/a = 2

Answer

2/a = 20

Question 62

Mrs. Brown,the librarian, bought three new books for a total of $18.00. If each book cost the same amount, how much did each book cost? Write an equation to solve this problem. Use c as your variable.

Accepted Answer

3c=18

Answer

18c=6

Answer

c + 6= 18

Answer

c +18 = 6

Question 63

Mrs. Higgins won a certain number of jolly ranchers playing the football toss at the Fall Festival.  At school she gave 21 away to her students. She only has 5 remaining. How many did she win total to be able to give away? Write an equation to solve this problem using g as your variable.

Accepted Answer

g-21=5

Answer

g/21=5

Answer

g-5=21

Answer

g+5=21

Question 64

Julianne and her best friend Kyla split the amount of money they earned over the weekend babysitting. If each person got $12.93, what is the total amount of money they earned? Which equation could you use to solve this problem?

Accepted Answer

d/2=12.93

Answer

2d=12.93

Answer

d-2=12.93

Answer

d+2=12.93

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