Real-Life Scenarios: Formulate & Solve One-Step Equations

A farmer has 12 apples. He gives some apples to his friend and now has 8 apples left. How many apples did he give away? Write an equation to represent this situation.

• 4

• 10

• 6

• 2

Maria has 15 stickers. She buys some more stickers and now has 20 stickers. How many stickers did she buy? Write an equation to represent this situation.

• 10

• 3

• 5

• 7

A book costs $10. If Sarah has $x and spends $4 on the book, how much money does she have left? Write an equation to represent this situation.

• x - 4

• x - 10

• 4 - x

• x + 4

Tom has 5 more than twice the number of marbles that Jake has. If Jake has m marbles, write an equation to express how many marbles Tom has.

• 2m + 5

• m + 5

• 3m + 5

• 2m - 5

A box contains 24 chocolates. If 6 chocolates are taken out, how many chocolates are left in the box? Write an equation to represent this situation.

• 12

• 18

• 30

• 6

Lily has 30 candies. She shares them equally among her friends and has 10 candies left. If she has f friends, write an equation to find out how many candies each friend gets.

• 20 / f

• 10 * f

• 20 - f

• 30 / f

A car travels 60 miles per hour. If it travels for t hours, how far does it go? Write an equation to represent this situation.

• distance = 60t^2

• distance = 60 + t

• distance = 30t

• distance = 60t

In a class, there are 20 students. If 4 students leave the class, how many students are left? Write an equation to represent this situation.

• 16

• 18

• 12

• 20

A baker made 50 cookies. If he sells c cookies, how many cookies does he have left? Write an equation to represent this situation.

• 50 + c

• 50 * c

• 50 - c

• c - 50

A movie ticket costs $12. If you have $x and you buy 2 tickets, how much money do you have left? Write an equation to represent this situation.

• money_left = x - 24

• money_left = x - 12

• money_left = x - 20

• money_left = x - 30