Real-Life Math: Solving One and Two-Step Equations

A baker has 12 cookies. He gives away some cookies to his friends. If he has 7 cookies left, how many cookies did he give away? Write and solve the equation.

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Sarah has 5 more than twice the number of books that Tom has. If Tom has x books, write an equation to represent the number of books Sarah has and solve for x when Sarah has 23 books.

• 12

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A movie theater sells tickets for $8 each. If they sold 45 tickets, how much money did they make? Write and solve the equation to find the total sales.

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A gardener has 30 flowers. He plants some more flowers and now has 50 flowers. Write an equation to find out how many flowers he planted and solve it.

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Liam has 3 times as many marbles as Jake. If Jake has y marbles and together they have 48 marbles, write an equation to find out how many marbles Jake has and solve for y.

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A school is organizing a field trip. Each student needs to pay $15. If there are 20 students, how much money will the school collect? Write and solve the equation to find the total amount collected.

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Emma bought 4 packs of stickers. Each pack has x stickers. If she has a total of 32 stickers, write an equation to find out how many stickers are in each pack and solve for x.

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A bookstore sold 150 books in a week. If they sold 30 more books than the previous week, how many books did they sell the previous week? Write and solve the equation.

• 120

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A toy store has 50 toys. They received a shipment of y toys. If they now have 80 toys, write an equation to find out how many toys were in the shipment and solve for y.

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A farmer has 100 apples. He sells some apples and has 40 apples left. Write an equation to find out how many apples he sold and solve it.

• 80

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