One Step Equations with 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?

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?

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.

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.

How do you feel about solving one-step equations from story problems?

• It is super easy. I can do every problem.

• I'm pretty good at it. I can do most of the problems.

• Some are easy and some are hard. I can do about half of the problems.

• It is somewhat hard. I can only do a couple problems.

• It is very hard. I do not understand how to do any of the problems.

Samantha has 2 bags of candy, with the same amount in each bag.  Holly has 12 pieces of candy.  Combined, they have 52 pieces of candy.  How much candy is in each bag?

• 2c + 52 = 12

• 2c - 12 = 52

• 2c + 12 = 52

• 12c + 2 = 52

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.  How much candy was in the bag?

• c/7 - 4 = 8

• c/4 + 7 = 8

• 4/c - 7 = 8

• c/4 - 7 = 8

Jim paid a gym membership fee of $50, plus $20 per month. Jim has paid a total of $290 to the gym. How many months has Jim been a member of the gym?

• 50 + 20m = 290

• 20 + 50m = 290

• 50 + 20 = m

• 50m - 20 = 290

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