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Write Equations from Word Problems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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)

f/8 = 14

d)

8f=14

2.
How much did the tree grow?
a)
1.75 feet
b)
22 feet
c)
112 feet
d)
6 feet
3.
Joey and four of his friends went out to eat. They decided to split the bill evenly. Each person paid $11.13. What was the total bill? Write an equation you could use to solve this equation. Use d as your variable.
a)
d/4=$11.13
b)
4d=$11.13
c)
d/5=$11.13
d)
5d=$11.13
4.
How much was the total bill?
a)
$44.45
b)
$2.26
c)
$55.65
d)
$2.78
5.
Sally 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
6.
How much did Sally pay for each candy bar?
a)
$6
b)
16 cents
c)
$15 
d)
15 cents
7.
Amy was given an amount of money, m, for a good grades on her report card. She spent $15.00 and now has $25.32. 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)
m-25.32=15
b)
m/25.32
c)
m-15=25.32
d)
15m=25.32
8.
How much money was Amy given for her good grades?
a)
$32.40
b)
$10.32
c)
$40.32
d)
$16.88
9.
Working together, Joy and Steve collected 53 pounds of aluminum cans for recycling. If Joy collected 20 pounds, find the number of pounds, x, that Steve collected. Using x as your variable write an equation to solve.
a)
20x=53
b)
x-20=53
c)
x-53=20
d)
x+20=53
10.
How many pounds did Steve collect?
a)
33
b)
73
c)
2.65
11.
Robin made $24.00 one weekend and some money, m, the next. She made a total of $65.00. How much money did Robin make the second weekend? Using m as your variable write an equation to solve this problem.
a)
24m=65
b)
m/24=65
c)
m+24=65
d)
m-24=65
12.
How much money did Robin make the second weekend. 
a)
$41.00
b)
$89.00
c)
$2.70
13.
Billy bought 5 items that each cost the same amount. If he spent a total of $62.00 on the items, how much did each item cost? Use d as your variable and write an equation to solve this problem.
a)
d/5=62
b)
d-5=62
c)
5d=62
14.
How much money did each item cost?
a)
$12.40
b)
$3.10
c)
$57.00
15.
Nancy 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)
g/21=5
b)
g-21=5
c)
g-5=21
d)
g+5=21
16.
How much candy did Nancy win at the fair?
a)
26
b)
16
c)
105
17.
 Nicole and her best friend split the amount of money they earned over the weekend mowing lawns. If each person got $10.93, what is the total amount of money they earned? Which equation could you use to solve this problem?
a)
2d=10.93
b)
d/2=10.93
c)
d-2=10.93
d)
d+2=10.93
18.
What was the total amount of money they earned?
a)
$8.93
b)
$12.93
c)
$21.86
d)
$21.86
19.
After paying $3.32 for a sandwich, Brenda has $19.79. How much money did she start with? Which equation could you use to solve this problem?
a)
3.32m=19.79
b)
m-19.97=3.32
c)
m-3.32=19.79
20.
How much money did Brenda start with?
a)
$32.11
b)
$23.11
c)
$6.59