Free Printable One Step Equation Word Problems

1.

If one roll of masking tape costs $1.15, how many rolls can Emma buy with $5.75? Which equation can be used to find the solution?

a)

$1.15(5.75)=x$

b)

$5.75x=1.15$

c)

$1.15x=5.75$

d)

$1.15+x=5.75$

2.

Abby finds masking tape in packages of 4 rolls for $4.32. What equation shows how to find the cost of one roll in the package?

a)

$4x=4.32$

b)

$4.32x=4$

c)

$4(4.324)=x$

d)

$x+4=4.32$

3.

Which equation correctly shows the following scenario:

Each pair of socks costs $2.50. if Hunter buys 6 pairs, how much does she pay?

a)

$6x=2.50$

b)

$2.50=6x$

c)

$2.50+x=6$

d)

$2.50(6)=x$

4.

After paying $5.12 for a salad, Payton has $27.10. How much money did she have before buying the salad?

a)

$n+\$5.12=\$27.10$

b)

$n-\$5.12=\$27.10$

c)

$\$5.12\cdot\$27.10=x$

d)

$\$5.12n=\$27.10$

5.

McKinley earns $14 per hour. Which equation represents how many hours she worked to earn $112?

a)

$14h=112$

b)

$\frac{h}{23}=1$

c)

$h+14=112$

d)

$h-14=112$

6.

Last Friday Jabari had $29. Over the weekend he received some money for cleaning the attic. He now has $41. How much money did he receive?

a)

$29-n=41$

b)

$29n=41$

c)

$29+n=41$

d)

$\frac{n}{29}=41$

7.

How should you show your work to isolate the variable and solve the equation?

x-62=123

a)

Add 62 to each side.

b)

Subtract 62 from each side.

c)

Multiply each side by 62.

d)

Add 123 to each side.

8.

What is the inverse operation needed to solve for $p$ ?
$765+p=-3,501$

a)

subtraction

b)

addition

c)

multiplication

d)

division

9.

In 2010, a tree was 8 feet tall. In 2011 the tree was 14 feet tall. Which equation would be used to find how many feet the tree grew?

a)

$f+8=14$

b)

$f-8=14$

c)

$\frac{f}{8}=14$

d)

$8f=14$

10.

Red Shoes Dean bought three candy bars for a total of $18.00. How much did each candy bar cost? Write an equation to solve this problem. Use $c$ as your variable.

a)

$18c=6$

b)

$c+6=18$

c)

$c+18=6$

d)

$3c=18$

11.

Belle was given an amount of money, $m$ , for a good grades on her report card. She spent $15.00 and now has $40.00. How much money did she get for good grades? Write an equation you could use to solve this problem. Use m as your variable.

a)

$40.00m=15.00$

b)

$m+15.00=40.00$

c)

$m-15.00=40.00$

d)

$\frac{m}{15.00}=40.00$

12.

Cortine's cat made $24.00 one weekend and some money, $m$ , the next weekend. She made a total of $65.00. How much money did Cortine's cat make the second weekend? Using m as your variable write an equation to solve this problem.

a)

$24m=65$

b)

$\frac{m}{24}=65$

c)

$m+24=65$

d)

$m-24=65$

13.

Hayley won a certain number of pieces of gum playing the bean bag toss at the county fair. At school she gave 21 away to her classmates. She only has 5 remaining. How many did she give away? Write an equation to solve this problem using $g$ as your variable.

a)

$\frac{g}{21}=5$

b)

$g-21=5$

c)

$5g=21$

d)

$g+5=21$

14.

Baby Gap and her best friend split the amount of money they earned over the weekend mowing lawns. If each person got $30.00, what is the total amount of money they earned? Which equation could you use to solve this problem?

a)

$2d=30$

b)

$\frac{d}{2}=30$

c)

$d-2=30$

d)

$d+2=30$

15.

After paying $8.35 for a sandwich, Lil Vulgris has $19.79. How much money did she start with? Which equation could you use to solve this problem?

a)

$8.35m=19.79$

b)

$m-19.97=8.32$

c)

$m-8.35=19.79$

d)

$\frac{m}{19.79}=8.35$

16.

Which equation matches best with the following scenario:

After paying $7.12 for McKenna's meal, Coach Resek has $27.10. How much money did he have before buying the meal?

a)

$27.10+7.12=x$

b)

$27.10-7.12=x$

c)

$7.12x=27.10$

d)

$\frac{x}{7.12}=27.10$

17.

Which equation best matches this scenario:

At a restaurant, Brayden and three of his friends decided to divide the bill evenly. If each person paid $13 then what was the total bill?

a)

$4x=13$

b)

$\frac{x}{3}=13$

c)

$13(4)=x$

d)

$\frac{x}{4}=13$

18.

Kanaan's middle school played 14 football games this year. The team won most of their games. They were defeated during 2 games. Write an equation that could be used to find how many games they won.

a)

$14+g=2$

b)

$2g=14$

c)

$g+2=14$

d)

$\frac{g}{2}=14$

19.

Which of these values shown are three consecutive odd integers whose sum is $-45$ .

a)

$-15,-17,-19$

b)

$-17,-18,-19$

c)

$-13,-15,-17$

d)

$13,17,15$

20.

Alex bought 5 boxes of pens. There were 45 pens in each box. How many pens did Alex buy?

a)

50 pens

b)

9 pens

c)

40 pens

d)

225 pens

21.

A candy factory makes 750 pieces of candy each day. How many pieces of candy will the factory make in 30 days?

a)

22,500 pieces of candy

b)

25 pieces of candy

c)

780 pieces of candy

d)

720 pieces of candy

22.

Adele and Hannah found some money in their couch along with a module 6 packet. They split the money evenly, each getting $12.50. How much money did they find?

a)

$x+12.50=6$

b)

$2x=12.50$

c)

$\frac{x}{2}=12.50$

d)

$x-2=12.50$

23.

After a power failure, the temperature in a freezer increased at an average rate of $2.5\degree F$ per hour. The total increase was $7.5\degree F$ . Write an equation to find the number of hours until the power was restored.

a)

$x+2.5=7.5$

b)

$x-2.5=7.5$

c)

$2.5x=7.5$

d)

$\frac{x}{2.5}=7.5$

24.

Alyssa J has some money in her checking account. If she writes a check for $ $\text{}\text{42.50}$ , her checking account will be overdrawn by $\$23.75$ . Which equation shows how much money is in Alyssa's checking out now?

a)

$x-42.50=-23.75$

b)

$x+42.50=-23.75$

c)

$x-23.75=42.50$

d)

$23.75x=42.50$

25.

A scuba diver is exploring at an elevation of $-15.5$ meters. As the diver rises to the surface, she plans to stop and rest briefly at a reef that has an elevation of $-6.45$ meters. Which equation shows the vertical distance that the diver traveled?

a)

$\frac{x}{-15.5}=6.45$

b)

$-15.5x=-6.45$

c)

$-15.5-x=-6.45$

d)

$-15.5+x=-6.45$

One Step Equation Word Problems

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins

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