Solving Word Problems with Variables: 6th Grade Challenge

A store sells pencils for $2 each and erasers for $3 each. If you buy a total of 10 items and spend $24, how many pencils did you buy?

• 4

• 8

• 10

• 6

Maria has twice as many marbles as John. If John has x marbles and together they have 36 marbles, how many marbles does Maria have?

• 12

• 18

• 30

• 24

A recipe requires 3 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar. If you want to make 4 batches of the recipe, how many cups of flour and sugar do you need in total?

• 15 cups of flour and 10 cups of sugar

• 12 cups of flour and 8 cups of sugar

• 8 cups of flour and 4 cups of sugar

• 10 cups of flour and 6 cups of sugar

A book costs $15. If you buy 3 books and pay with a $50 bill, how much change will you receive?

• $0

• $10

• $5

• $20

In a class, the number of boys is 5 more than twice the number of girls. If there are g girls, write an equation to find the total number of students in the class.

• 3g + 5

• 2g + 5

• 3g - 5

• g + 5

A gardener plants 5 rows of flowers with 8 flowers in each row. If he wants to plant 3 more rows, how many flowers will he have in total?

• 72

• 56

• 48

• 64

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $50 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If you drove x miles and paid a total of $70, how many miles did you drive?

• 100 miles

• 50 miles

• 80 miles

• 120 miles

Liam has 3 times as many stickers as Emma. If Emma has y stickers and together they have 48 stickers, how many stickers does Liam have?

• 18

• 24

• 12

• 36

A movie theater sells tickets for $12 each. If a group of friends buys tickets for 5 people and spends $60, how many tickets did they buy?

• 5

• 3

• 6

• 4

A school is planning a field trip. The cost per student is $30, and there are 20 students going. If the school has $500 budgeted for the trip, how much money will be left after paying for all the students?

• $200

• $50

• $0

• -$100