Single Variable Word Problems

Solve the problem.

James was drawing super heroes on a sheet of scrap paper. He drew 4 heroes on the front and 8 heroes on the back. How many heroes did he draw total?

• 12 heroes

• 4 heroes

• 32 heroes

• 2 heroes

What is this problem asking you to do? Alexah was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their front yard. Together they picked 10 total. If 4 of the apples were bad, how many good apples did they pick?

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Solve the problem.

Alexah was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their front yard. Together they picked 10 total. If 4 of the apples were bad, how many good apples did they pick?

• 14 good apples

• 6 good apples

• 40 good apples

• 2 1/2 good apples

What is this problem asking you to do?

Esbeydy had $20. If she spent $13 on her favorite teacher how much money would she have left to spend on her other favorite teacher?

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Solve the problem. Esbeydy had $20. If she spent $13 on her favorite teacher how much money would she have left to spend on her other favorite teacher?

• $33

• $7

• $260

• $8

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

• m + $5.12 = $27.10

• $27.10 + $5.12= m

• $27.10= m- $5.12

• m = $27.10 - $5.12

Sue bought 3 t-shirts for $8 each. She paid with a $50 bill. How could you find how much change,c, should she get back?

• 50 - (8x3) = c

• (8x3) + 50 = c

• cx3x8 = 50

• 8 + 3 + 50 = c

Jim has one dollar. He spends 16 cents on a pencil. Jim's dad gives him five dollars for mowing the grass. Write an equation with a letter for the unknown to find out how much money Jim has now.

• 1.00 - .16 = m

• m =1.00

• $1.00 - $.16 + $5.00 = m

• 5 +1 + 16 = m

Ms. Arellano bought 144 mini erasers. She put the mini erasers into 6 equal groups. What equation could you use to find e, how many erasers will be in each group?

• e= 144 x 6

• 6 + 144= e

• 144 / 6=e

• e= 144 - 6

Ronnie needs 101 cupcakes for a birthday party. He already has 21 chocolate cupcakes and 33 vanilla cupcakes. How could you find how many more cupcakes,c, should Ronnie buy?

• c=33 + 101 - 21

• 101- (33 +21) =c

• 101- (33-21) =c

• (33 - 21) + c =101