1-Step Equations Word Problems
Ani is baking cookies. The recipe calls for 14 cups of flour. She has already put in 4 cups. How many more cups does she need to put in? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is 10 cups of flour? What is, let x= how many more cups of flour? What is x+4=14?
Jalen needs to buy enough Gatorade for the whole soccer team. If there are 72 kids on the team and Gatorade comes in cases of 12, how many cases does Jalen need to bring? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is 6 cases? What is, let x= the # of cases he needs? What is 12x=72?
You bought a pencil case for $5 and four erasers. You spent a total of $25. How much did each eraser cost? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is $5? What is, let x= the amount of money each eraser costs? What is 5+4x=25?
Ms. Lenna bought snacks for her amazing students! The snacks come in packs of 20. If she has 200 students, how many packs of snacks should she order? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is 10 packs? What is, let x= # of packs of stickers she needs? What is 20x=200?
Shaniya decided to bring her wallet to the bank to cash it in. On the way, she dropped it and lost $2.50. She had $14.84 left in the wallet. How much did she start with? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is $17.34? What is, let x= the amount of money she started at? What is x-2.50=14.84?
An average Uber charges $4 for every mile. If you spent a total of $40, how many miles did you ride the Uber for? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is $10? What is, let x= how many miles you rode in the Uber What is 4x=40?
What is a constant?
What is, a number on its own?
Adele won 40 pieces of candy playing hoops at her school's game night. Later, she gave two to each of her friends. She only has 4 remaining. How many friends does she have? What is the let x statement?
What is 18 friends? What is, let x= the amount of friends she has? What is 2x+4=40?
You are on page 286 in the Lightening Thief. If there are 408 pages in the book, how many more do you have to read? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is 122 pages? What is, let x= amount of pages left? What is x+286=408?
Nico sold half of his comic books and then bought sixteen more. He now has 36. With how many did he begin? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is 40 comic books? What is, let x= the amount of comic books Nico started with? What is x÷2+16=36?
Ms. Lenna and Ms. Jaz both worked at the Public Library. Ms. Lenna earns $3.94 more than Ms. Jaz. If Ms. Jaz earns $17.90 an hour how much does Ms. Lenna make? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is $21.84? What is, let x= how much Mary makes? What is x-3.94=17.90?
Ev bought art supplies. A week later, she lost half of her art supplies. There are now only 22 supplies left. How many did she start with? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is 44 supplies? What is, let x= the amount of supplies Ev started with? What is x÷2=22?
The cost of renting a bike is $10 to take the bike and $4 for every hour it spends in our possession. The final sum Seb paid is $30. How many hours did Seb rent the bike for? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is 5 hours? What is, let x= the amount of hours Seb rented the bike for? What is 10+4x=30?