1-Step Equations Word Problems
1-Step Equations Word Problems
Vocabulary
2-Step Equations Word Problems
2-Step Equations Word Problems
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Lynn is cooking 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?
100
Jamie 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 Jamie 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?
100
What does distribute mean?
It means multiplying a value into all other values held inside pretenses.
100
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?
100
You bought a light up pen for $10 and eight erasers. You spent a total of $50. 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 pencil costs? What is 10-8x=50?
200
How many packages of socks can you buy with $80 if one package costs $16? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is 5 packages? What is, let x= the amount of packages of socks you can buy? What is 16x=80?
200
Mrs. Smith bought smelly stickers for her amazing students! The stickers come in packs of 20. If she has 200 students, how many packs of stickers 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?
200
What is a variable?
What is, a symbol for an unknown value?
200
A coffee shop sells ceramic refill mugs for $8.95. Each refill costs $1.50. Last month Rose spent $26.95 on a mug and refills. How many refills did she buy? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is 12 refills? What is, let x= the amount of refills Rose bought? What is 8.95+1.50x=26.95?
200
Dominic spent half of his weekly allowance playing mini-golf. To earn more money his parents let him wash their car for $8. What is her weekly allowance if she ended with $24? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is 32 students? What is, let x= her weekly allowance? What is x+8÷2=24?
300
Bryan decided to bring his wallet to the bank to cash it in. On the way, he dropped it and lost $2.50. He had $14.84 left in the wallet. How much did he start with? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is $17.34? What is, let x= the amount of money he started at? What is x-2.50=14.84?
300
A cab company charges $4 for every mile. If you spent a total of $40, how many miles did you ride the cab 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 cab for? What is 4x=40?
300
What is a constant?
What is, a number on its own?
300
For a field trip 4 students rode in cars and the rest filled nine buses. How many students were in each bus if 472 students were on the trip? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is 52 students? What is, let x= the amount of students in each bus? What is 9x+4=472?
300
Ashley won 40 lollipops 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?
400
You are on page 286 in Twilight. 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?
400
How many boxes of envelopes can you buy with $12 if one box costs $3? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is 4 boxes? What is, let x= # of boxes you can buy? What is 3x=12?
400
What is an equation?
What is a mathematical sentence stating that two expressions are equal?
400
Jill sold half of her comic books and then bought sixteen more. She now has 36. With how many did she 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 Jill started with? What is x÷2+16=36?
400
You had $20 to spend on four raffle tickets. After buying them you had $12. How much did each raffle ticket cost? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is $2? What is, let x= the cost of each raffle ticket? What is 12+4x=20?
500
Mary and Kate both work at the 7-11. Mary earns $3.94 more than Kate. If Kate earns $17.90 an hour how much does Mary 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?
500
Maria bought tissue boxes. A week later half of all her boxes were destroyed in a fire. There are now only 22 boxes left. With how many did she start? What is the let x statement? What is the equation?
What is 37 boxes? What is, let x= the amount of boxes Maria started with? What is x÷2=22?
500
What is an combining like terms? Be specific.

Combining like terms is a mathematical process used to simplify an expression. Looking at each individual side of an equation you can combine coefficients and variables by adding or subtracting them to simplify that sides expression. You can not combine like terms across the equal sign.

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Distance = Rate * Time. A bus and a car leave the same place and traveled in opposite directions. If the bus is traveling at 50 mph and the car is traveling at 55 mph, in how many hours will they be 210 miles apart?

Let x= How long both cars traveled in hours. 50x+55x=210. 105x=210, x=2 hours
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John has a board that is 60 inches long. He plans to use it to make 4 shelves whose lengths are to be a series of consecutive even numbers. How long should each shelf be in inches?

Let x = length of first shelf, x+2 =second shelf, x+4 =third shelf, x+6 =fourth shelf. 4x+12=60, x=12,14,16,18

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