Finding Unknowns: Word Problems and Equations for 6th Graders

A farmer has some apples. If he picks 25 more apples, he will have 75 apples in total. How many apples did he have before picking more?

• 40

• 60

• 50

• 30

Maria has a collection of stamps. If she buys 15 more stamps, she will have 50 stamps. How many stamps does she currently have?

• 40

• 35

• 25

• 45

A book costs $12. If you buy 3 books, how much will you spend in total? If you have $50, how much money will you have left after the purchase?

• $36

• $38

• $25

• $14

Tom has twice as many marbles as Jerry. If Jerry has 20 marbles, how many marbles does Tom have?

• 50

• 25

• 40

• 30

A car travels 60 miles per hour. How far will it travel in 3 hours?

• 180 miles

• 120 miles

• 240 miles

• 150 miles

Samantha has $100. She spends $x on a new dress. If she has $40 left, how much did she spend on the dress?

• 80

• 60

• 50

• 70

A pizza is cut into 8 slices. If you eat 3 slices, how many slices are left? If you want to share the remaining slices equally among 3 friends, how many slices will each friend get?

• Each friend gets 2 slices.

• Each friend gets 1 slice.

• Each friend gets 0 slices.

• Each friend gets 3 slices.

A school has 240 students. If 60% of them are girls, how many boys are there in the school?

• 120

• 144

• 72

• 96

A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour. If you want to make 3 batches of the recipe, how many cups of flour do you need in total?

• 8 cups

• 4 cups

• 6 cups

• 10 cups

A train leaves the station at 2 PM and travels at a speed of 80 miles per hour. If it travels for 2.5 hours, what time will it arrive at its destination?

• 5:00 PM

• 3:30 PM

• 4:00 PM

• 4:30 PM