One-Step Equations: Fun with Real-Life Word Problems

Maria has 12 apples. She gives away some apples to her friends and now has 7 left. How many apples did she give away?

• 3

• 5

• 10

• 8

A book costs $15. If you have $50, how many books can you buy?

• 3

• 5

• 4

• 2

Tom is 3 years older than his sister. If his sister is x years old, write an equation to represent Tom's age and find Tom's age if his sister is 10.

• 13

• 10

• 12

• 15

A car travels 60 miles in 1 hour. How far will it travel in 3 hours? Write an equation to solve for the distance.

• 120 miles

• 240 miles

• 90 miles

• 180 miles

Lily has 20 stickers. She buys some more and now has 35 stickers. How many stickers did she buy?

• 25

• 15

• 5

• 10

A box contains x number of chocolates. If you eat 5 chocolates, you have 10 left. Write an equation to find the value of x.

• 10

• 20

• 15

• 25

A farmer has 50 cows. If he sells some cows and has 30 left, how many cows did he sell?

• 20

• 25

• 15

• 10

A pencil costs $2. If you buy y pencils, how much will you spend? Write an equation to represent the total cost.

• total_cost = 2 * y

• total_cost = y + 2

• total_cost = 2 + y

• total_cost = 2 - y

Samantha has 45 marbles. She gives away 9 marbles to her friend. How many marbles does she have now?

• 18

• 36

• 45

• 27

A recipe requires 4 cups of flour. If you want to make half the recipe, how much flour do you need? Write an equation to find the amount of flour.

• 4 cups

• 3 cups

• 1 cup

• 2 cups