Translate Word Problems into Equations for Grade 5

Sarah has 12 apples. She gives some apples to her friend. If she has 8 apples left, how many apples did she give away? Write an equation to represent this situation.

• 6

• 10

• 2

• 4

A book costs $15. If you buy 3 books, how much money do you spend in total? Create an equation to find the total cost.

• $75

• $45

• $60

• $30

Tom has x marbles. He buys 5 more marbles and now has 20 marbles. Write an equation to find out how many marbles Tom had originally.

• 25

• 30

• 10

• 15

A pizza has 8 slices. If you eat y slices, how many slices are left? Write an equation to express the remaining slices.

• y - 8

• 8 * y

• 8 - y

• 8 + y

Lily has 50 stickers. She gives away z stickers to her friends. Write an equation to show how many stickers she has left after giving some away.

• 50 + z

• z - 50

• 50 * z

• 50 - z

A car travels 60 miles per hour. How far will it travel in t hours? Create an equation to represent the distance traveled.

• distance = 60 + t

• distance = 30t

• distance = 60t^2

• distance = 60t

There are 24 students in a class. If each student needs 2 pencils, how many pencils are needed in total? Write an equation to find the total number of pencils.

• 24

• 36

• 48

• 60

A farmer has 100 apples. He sells a certain number of apples and has 40 apples left. Write an equation to find out how many apples he sold.

• 60

• 50

• 80

• 70

Emma has 3 times as many books as her brother. If her brother has b books, write an equation to express how many books Emma has.

• 3b

• b

• 4b

• 2b

A store sells notebooks for $2 each. If you buy n notebooks, how much will you spend? Write an equation to find the total cost of the notebooks.

• total_cost = n / 2

• total_cost = 2 * n

• total_cost = n + 2

• total_cost = 2 + n