One Step Equation Word Problem

There were 3 roses in the vase. Jessica cut some more roses from her flower garden. There are now 27 roses in the vase. How many roses did she cut?

• 24

• 30

• 42

Sam has 21 books in his library. He bought several books at a yard sale over the weekend. He now has 78 books in his library. How many books did he buy at the yard sale ?

• 89

• 57

• 75

Cindy has 23 lollipops. Her mom gave her some more. Now she has 45. How may lollipops did her mom give her.

• 22

• 68

• 44

Write an algebraic equation for the following situation.

Nancy had 37 peaches left at her roadside fruit stand. She went to the orchard and picked more peaches to stock up the stand. There are now 63 peaches at the stand, how many did she pick ?

Write an algebraic equation for the following situation.

Joan found 51 seashells on the beach, she gave Alyssa some of them. She has 45 seashells left. How many seashells did she give to Alyssa ?

Write an algebraic equation for the following situation
After paying $5.12 for a salad, Nora has $27.10. How much money did he have before buying the salad?

Write an algebraic equations to represent the situation. Define your variable. There were 32 students in Jaden’s class eating lunch. Then, more students joined Jaden’s class. Now there are 86 total students eating lunch. How many students joined Jaden’s class?

Last Friday, Trevan had $29. Over the weekend he received some money for his birthday. He now has $41. How much money did he receive?

Last week AC ran 30 more miles than Alison. AC ran 47 miles. How many miles did Alison run?

Last week, Ryder had $22.42. Over the weekend, he got some money for cleaning the attic. He now has $32. How much money did he receive for cleaning the attic?