Grade 5 Math: Set Up & Solve Word Problems

Ava has 12 apples. She gives some to her friend. If she has 5 apples left, how many did she give away? Set up an equation to solve for the unknown.

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Liam bought 3 packs of stickers. Each pack has the same number of stickers. If he has a total of 24 stickers, how many stickers are in each pack? Write an equation to find the answer.

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Emma read 45 pages of her book. If she reads 15 more pages, how many pages will she have read in total? Set up an equation to solve for the total pages read.

• 50 pages

• 45 pages

• 60 pages

• 70 pages

Noah has a collection of 50 marbles. He loses some marbles and now has 32 left. How many marbles did he lose? Create an equation to find the unknown number of lost marbles.

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Sophia is saving money to buy a toy that costs $30. If she already has $12, how much more does she need to save? Set up an equation to determine the amount needed.

• $18

• $30

• $12

• $24

A garden has 80 flowers. If 25 of them are roses, how many flowers are not roses? Write an equation to find the number of non-rose flowers in the garden.

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• 45

• 55

• 70

Jack has 5 times as many baseball cards as his brother. If his brother has 8 cards, how many cards does Jack have? Set up an equation to solve for Jack's cards.

• 50

• 20

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Mia bought 4 packs of gum. Each pack contains the same number of pieces. If she has 32 pieces of gum in total, how many pieces are in each pack? Write an equation to find the answer.

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• 12

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Oliver has a total of 60 toy cars. If he gives away 15 cars to his friends, how many toy cars does he have left? Set up an equation to solve for the remaining cars.

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• 25

• 50

Isabella has a box of chocolates. If she eats 3 chocolates every day, how many days will it take her to finish the box if there are 21 chocolates in total? Create an equation to find the number of days.

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