Solving Word Problems: Equations & Expressions for 6th Graders

A store sells pencils for $0.50 each and erasers for $0.75 each. If a student buys a total of 10 items and spends $6.00, how many pencils and erasers did they buy?

• 4 pencils and 6 erasers

• 5 pencils and 5 erasers

• 6 pencils and 4 erasers

• 7 pencils and 3 erasers

Maria has twice as many marbles as John. If the total number of marbles they have together is 30, how many marbles does each person have?

• John has 10 marbles and Maria has 20 marbles.

• John has 5 marbles and Maria has 25 marbles.

• John has 20 marbles and Maria has 10 marbles.

• John has 15 marbles and Maria has 15 marbles.

A farmer has chickens and cows. If there are 20 animals in total and the number of chickens is 4 more than the number of cows, how many chickens and cows are there?

• 5 chickens and 15 cows

• 15 chickens and 5 cows

• 12 chickens and 8 cows

• 10 chickens and 10 cows

In a class, the number of boys is 3 less than twice the number of girls. If there are 15 students in total, how many boys and girls are in the class?

• 7 boys and 8 girls

• 8 boys and 7 girls

• 10 boys and 5 girls

• 9 boys and 6 girls

A recipe requires 2 cups of flour and 3 cups of sugar. If you want to make a batch that uses 5 cups of flour, how many cups of sugar will you need?

• 5 cups of sugar

• 3 cups of sugar

• 10 cups of sugar

• 7.5 cups of sugar

Tom has $50. He spends $x on books and $10 on snacks. If he has $20 left, how much did he spend on books?

• 25

• 15

• 20

• 30

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $30 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If a customer pays $50, how many miles did they drive?

• 50 miles

• 120 miles

• 75 miles

• 100 miles

The sum of two numbers is 50. If one number is 10 more than the other, what are the two numbers?

• 40 and 10

• 35 and 15

• 25 and 25

• 30 and 20

A school is selling tickets for a play. Adult tickets cost $8 and student tickets cost $5. If they sold 100 tickets and made $680, how many adult and student tickets were sold?

• 60 adult tickets and 40 student tickets

• 50 adult tickets and 50 student tickets

• 70 adult tickets and 30 student tickets

• 80 adult tickets and 20 student tickets

A gardener has a total of 40 plants, which are either flowers or shrubs. If there are 10 more flowers than shrubs, how many flowers and shrubs does the gardener have?

• 5 shrubs and 35 flowers

• 20 shrubs and 20 flowers

• 15 shrubs and 25 flowers

• 10 shrubs and 30 flowers