Real-Life One-Step Equations: Key Info & Inverse Ops

Maria has 15 apples. She gives some apples to her friend and now has 9 apples left. How many apples did she give away?

• 4

• 8

• 10

• 6

A book costs $12. If you have $20, how much money will you have left after buying the book?

• $8

• $15

• $5

• $10

Tom has a collection of 25 baseball cards. He buys some more cards and now has 30 cards. How many cards did he buy?

• 7

• 5

• 10

• 3

A box contains 40 chocolates. If 8 chocolates are eaten, how many chocolates are left in the box?

• 24

• 36

• 32

• 40

Lily scored 18 points in a game. If she scores 5 more points in the next game, what will her total score be?

• 20

• 25

• 23

• 15

A plant grows 3 inches every week. If it is currently 12 inches tall, how tall will it be in one week?

• 18 inches

• 20 inches

• 15 inches

• 10 inches

James has $50. He spends some money and now has $30 left. How much money did he spend?

• $15

• $10

• $20

• $25

A recipe calls for 4 cups of flour. If you have 10 cups, how many cups will you have left after using the flour for the recipe?

• 6 cups

• 4 cups

• 2 cups

• 8 cups

Samantha read 25 pages of a book. If she reads 15 more pages, how many pages will she have read in total?

• 40

• 45

• 30

• 35

A car travels 60 miles in one hour. If it continues at the same speed for another hour, how far will it have traveled in total?

• 90 miles

• 150 miles

• 120 miles

• 75 miles