One-Step Equation Story Problems

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

Tim had 47 peaches left at his roadside fruit stand. He went to the orchard and picked more peaches to stock up the stand. There are now 65 peaches at the stand, how many did he pick?

• 23

• 124

• 18

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

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

• 55 + x = 145

• 145x = 55

• 55 - x = 145

• 145 (55) = x

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

Darshany 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

Select the equation that best represents the situation:

Josiah scored 37 points. This was 5 points more than Alex scored.

• 37 + 5 = k

• k - 5 = 37

• k + 5 = 37

• 5k = 37

Select the equation that best represents the situation: Dr. Lahana takes 30 seconds to solve a Math problem. This is twice as much time as it takes Ms. Rosegreen to solve a Math problem.

• w + 2 = 30

• 2w = 30

• w - 2 = 30

Select the equation that best represents the situation: In a normal day, Skyah spends half as much time watching Nextflix as Jade does. If Skyah watches 120 minutes of Nextflix, how much does Jade watch?

• 2j = 120