WorksheetsSolving Word Problems with Variables: 6th Grade Challenge
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A store sells pencils for $2 each and erasers for $3 each. If you buy a total of 10 items and spend $24, how many pencils did you buy?
4
8
10
6
Maria has twice as many marbles as John. If John has x marbles and together they have 36 marbles, how many marbles does Maria have?
12
18
30
24
A recipe requires 3 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar. If you want to make 4 batches of the recipe, how many cups of flour and sugar do you need in total?
15 cups of flour and 10 cups of sugar
12 cups of flour and 8 cups of sugar
8 cups of flour and 4 cups of sugar
10 cups of flour and 6 cups of sugar
A book costs $15. If you buy 3 books and pay with a $50 bill, how much change will you receive?
$0
$10
$5
$20
In a class, the number of boys is 5 more than twice the number of girls. If there are g girls, write an equation to find the total number of students in the class.
3g + 5
2g + 5
3g - 5
g + 5
A gardener plants 5 rows of flowers with 8 flowers in each row. If he wants to plant 3 more rows, how many flowers will he have in total?
72
56
48
64
A car rental company charges a flat fee of $50 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If you drove x miles and paid a total of $70, how many miles did you drive?
100 miles
50 miles
80 miles
120 miles
Liam has 3 times as many stickers as Emma. If Emma has y stickers and together they have 48 stickers, how many stickers does Liam have?
18
24
12
36
A movie theater sells tickets for $12 each. If a group of friends buys tickets for 5 people and spends $60, how many tickets did they buy?
5
3
6
4
A school is planning a field trip. The cost per student is $30, and there are 20 students going. If the school has $500 budgeted for the trip, how much money will be left after paying for all the students?
$200
$50
$0
-$100
