One-Step Equation Word Problems

Last Friday Trevon had $19. Over the weekend he received some money for cleaning the attic. He now has $51. How much money did he receive?

• $52.00

• $42.00

• $32.00

• $30.00

Last week Julia ran 40 miles more than Pranav. Julia ran 27 miles. How many miles did Pranav run?

• 17 miles

• 23 miles

• 12 miles

• 13 miles

After paying $7.12 for a salad, Ryshaun has

$37.10. How much money did he have before buying the salad?

• $22.20

• $44.22

• $32.22

• $22.44

In 2010, a tree was 8 feet tall. In 2011 the tree was 14 feet tall. Which equation would be used to find how many feet the tree grew?

• f + 8 = 14

• f - 8 = 14

• f/8 = 14

• 8f=14

Sally bought three candy bars for a total of $18.00. How much did each candy bar cost? Write an equation to solve this problem. Use c as your variable.

• 18c=6

• c + 6= 18

• c +18 = 6

• 3c=18

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.

• g/21=5

• g-21=5

• g-5=21

• g+5=21

Nicole and her best friend split the amount of money they earned over the weekend mowing lawns. If each person got $10.93, what is the total amount of money they earned? Which equation could you use to solve this problem?

• 2d=10.93

• d/2=10.93

• d-2=10.93

• d+2=10.93

Jim paid a gym membership fee of $50, plus $20 per month. Jim has paid a total of $290 to the gym. Which equation matches this situation?

• 50 + 20m = 290

• 20 + 50m = 290

• 50 + 20 = m

• 50m - 20 = 290

A bag of candy was shared equally among 4 friends. Each friend gave away 7 pieces of candy. They each ended up with 8 pieces of candy. Write an equation to find how much candy was in the bag at the beginning.

• c/7 - 4 = 8

• c/4 + 7 = 8

• 4/c - 7 = 8

• c/4 - 7 = 8

Erica has $14 and plans to save $5 each week until she has the $64 she needs for a new jacket.  How many weeks will it take Erica to save money for a new jacket?

• 11 weeks

• 10 weeks

• 12 weeks

• 13 weeks