Combining Like Terms & Solving Equations: Grade 6 Quiz

1. Sarah has 3 apples and buys 5 more. If she gives away 2 apples, how many does she have left? Combine like terms to find the answer.

• 6

• 10

• 4

• 8

2. A box contains 4 red balls and 6 blue balls. If 3 red balls are removed, how many balls are left in total? Solve the equation to find the answer.

• 10

• 8

• 6

• 7

3. Tom has x candies. He buys 7 more candies and then gives away 3. Write an equation to represent this situation and solve for x if he has 10 candies left.

• 6

• 4

• 8

• 12

4. A recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar and 3 cups of flour. If you want to double the recipe, how many cups of each ingredient will you need? Combine like terms to find the total.

• 2 cups of sugar and 4 cups of flour

• 3 cups of sugar and 5 cups of flour

• 1 cup of sugar and 2 cups of flour

• 4 cups of sugar and 6 cups of flour

5. Lisa has 10 stickers. She buys y more stickers and then gives away 4. If she has 12 stickers now, write an equation and solve for y.

• 4

• 8

• 10

• 6

6. A gardener plants 5 rows of flowers with 4 flowers in each row. If 3 flowers die, how many flowers are left? Combine like terms to find the answer.

• 17

• 15

• 20

• 12

7. In a classroom, there are 12 boys and 8 girls. If 4 boys leave, how many students are left in total? Solve the equation to find the answer.

• 14

• 20

• 16

• 18

8. A car travels 60 miles in the first hour and 40 miles in the second hour. How far did the car travel in total? Combine like terms to find the total distance.

• 90 miles

• 120 miles

• 100 miles

• 80 miles

9. A store sells pencils for 2 dollars each and erasers for 3 dollars each. If you buy 4 pencils and 2 erasers, how much do you spend in total? Write and solve the equation.

• 12 dollars

• 16 dollars

• 10 dollars

• 14 dollars

10. If a book costs x dollars and you buy 3 books, then get a discount of 5 dollars, and you pay 25 dollars, write an equation and solve for x.

• 20

• 15

• 10

• 5