Translate Word Problems to Equations: Grade 5 Challenge

A farmer has 12 apples. He buys 8 more apples. How many apples does he have now? Write an equation to represent this situation.

• 18

• 25

• 20

• 15

Lily has 15 marbles. She gives 5 marbles to her friend. How many marbles does Lily have left? Write an equation to show this.

• 5

• 15

• 20

• 10

Tom read 20 pages of a book on Monday and 30 pages on Tuesday. How many pages did he read in total? Write an equation to find the total pages read.

• 50

• 70

• 60

• 40

Sarah has 50 stickers. She wants to share them equally with 5 friends. How many stickers will each friend get? Write an equation to represent this.

• 15

• 20

• 10

• 5

A box contains 24 chocolates. If 6 chocolates are taken out, how many chocolates remain in the box? Write an equation to find the remaining chocolates.

• 6

• 30

• 18

• 12

A school has 200 students. If 50 students are absent, how many students are present? Write an equation to show the number of present students.

• 200

• 150

• 100

• 50

Mark has 3 times as many toy cars as his brother. If his brother has 4 toy cars, how many toy cars does Mark have? Write an equation to find Mark's toy cars.

• 8

• 10

• 15

• 12

Emma bought 5 packs of crayons, and each pack has 10 crayons. How many crayons did she buy in total? Write an equation to represent this situation.

• 40 crayons

• 60 crayons

• 50 crayons

• 30 crayons

A baker made 100 cookies. He sold 25 cookies in the morning and 30 cookies in the afternoon. How many cookies does he have left? Write an equation to find the remaining cookies.

• 70

• 50

• 45

• 60