One-Step Word Problems
14 robots are arranged into 2 equal rows. How many robots are in each row?
7 robots
Luke earned 6 dollars for every lawn he mowed. If he mowed 3 lawns and he already had 4 dollars saved up, how much money does he have total? Show your work!
($6x3) = $18
$18+$4= $22
True or False?
1 × 2 = 2 × 1
TRUE
0 divided by 6 = ?
Jason had 42 books. He wanted to put the same number of books on each of the 6 shelves in his room. How many books, b, could he put on each shelf?
Write an equation to represent the problem, then solve for b.
42 / 6 = b
b =7
Kyra bundled 16 pencils into 4 groups. How many pencils were in each group?
4 pencils
Luke bought 13 boxes of chocolate candy and gave 5 of them to his little brother. If each box has 4 pieces inside it, how many pieces did Luke still have? Show your work!
13 - 5 = 8 boxes
8 boxes x 4 pieces in each = 32 pieces
( 2 × n ) × 8 = 2 × ( 5 × 8 )
n = ?
n = 5
True or False?
6 divided by 0 = 0
FALSE
You cannot divide something into nothing.
Victor made 4 trays of cookies with 12 cookies on each tray. How many cookies, c, did he make?
Write an equation to represent the problem, then solve for c.
4 x 12 = c
c = 48
Janelle put candies in a bag for each of her 8 friends. Each bag had 3 candies in it. How many candies were there in all?
24 candies
There were 7 friends playing a video game online when 2 more players joined the game. If each player had 5 lives, how many lives did they have total? Show your work!
7 + 2 = 9 players
9 players x 5 lives = 45 lives
Solve the equation
10 x 9 x 1
TWO DIFFERENT WAYS
(10 x 9) x 1 = 90
10 X (9 x 1) = 90
What is the quotient?
6 divided by 6 = ?
1
A teacher bought 5 bags of candy with 30 pieces in each bag. At the end of the month, she had given 112 pieces of candy to her students. How many pieces of candy, c, does she have left?
Write an equation to represent the problem, then solve for c.
(5 x 30) - 112 = c
c = 38
Dashawn put an equal amount of orange slices into 5 bags. If he had 35 orange slices, how many orange slices were in each bag?
7 orange slices
While playing at the arcade, Sam won 21 tickets playing 'whack a mole' and 33 tickets playing 'skee ball'. If he was trying to buy candy that cost 6 tickets a piece, how many could he buy? Show your work!
21 + 33 = 54 tickets
54 tickets / 6 each for candy = 9 pieces of candy
Use the distributive property to solve the equation:
2 × (2 + 7)
(2 x 2) + (2 x 7)
4 + 14 = 18
What is the quotient?
8 divided by 1 = ?
8
Cole had 51 Pokemon cards. He bought 39 more at a garage sale. He put them into a book that held 9 cards on each page. How many pages, p, did he need for all the cards?
Write an equation to represent the problem, then solve for p.
(51 + 39) / 9 = p
p = 10
Andrew is selling 72 plates at a yard sale. He arranges the plates into an array. If there are 8 rows of plates, how many columns are there?
9 columns
At a carnival Gwen won 51 pieces of candy. She ate 23 pieces then placed the rest into piles with 7 in each pile. How many piles could she make? Show your work!
51 - 23 = 28 pieces of candy
28 pieces / 7 in each pile = 4 piles
Complete the equation to show the distributive property and solve.
15 × 8 = (7 × 8) + ( ___ ×8)
15 × 8 = (7 × 8) + ( 8 × 8)
15 x 8 = 56 + 64
15 x 8 = 120
True or False
16 divided by 2 equals 8 and
2 divided by 16 equals 8.
FALSE
Daily Double!
Mom was making cookies for a birthday party. She made 24 chocolate chip, 12 oatmeal raisin, and 20 peanut butter. When the cookies were cooling, she noticed that 8 of them were burnt and had to be thrown away. If 12 people are equally sharing the cookies that are left, how many will each person get? Show your work!
24 + 12 + 20 = 56
56 - 8 = 48
48 / 12 = 4
Each person will get 4 cookies.