One-step word problems
Shanice bought ten fancy pens for a total
of $75.90. How much did each pen cost?
What is $7.59?
r - 5 = 2
What is r = 7?
Darryl had $23 to spend on three
notebooks. After buying them he had $17.
How much did each notebook cost?
What is $2?
13 + x is greater than 15
What is x is greater than 2?
The distance around the outside of a shape.
What is perimeter?
Find the price of one candy bar if nine
candy bars cost $54.
What is $6?
29 = n + 19
What is n = 10?
Willie's Bikes rents bikes for $12 plus $2
per hour. Totsakan paid $20 to rent a
bike. For how many hours did he rent the
bike?
What is 4 hours?
6 is greater than -11 + x
What is x is less than 18?
Formula for area of a rectangle.
What is length x width?
Last week Shanice ran 36 miles more than
Elisa. Shanice ran 46 miles. How many
miles did Elisa run?
What is 10?
-1 = n + 8
What is n = -9?
Rob spent $29 on a magazine and some
notepads. If the magazine cost $5 and
each notepad cost $3, then how many
notepads did he buy?
What is 8 notepads?
12x is less than or equal to 12.
What is x is less than or equal to 1?
Bob's family ate 4 out of 5 pieces of pie. What is the percentage they ate?
What is 80%?
Last Friday Danielle had $26.42. Over the
weekend she received some money for
washing the car. She now has $42.06.
How much money did she receive?
What is $15.64?
p / 12 = 2
What is p = 24?
270 students went on a field trip. Five
buses were filled and 30 students traveled
in cars. How many students were in each
bus?
What is 48 students?
n/10 is greater than 4.
What is n is greater than 40?
Karen bought Christmas gifts. She received a $50 discount, which was 25% off. What was the original cost of the gift before the discount?
What is $200?
A colony of ants carried away 28 of your
muffins. That was [ 7 / 10 ] of all of them!
With how many did you start?
What is 40?
-29x = -406
What is x = 14?
The sum of three consecutive numbers is
66. What is the smallest of these
numbers?
What is 21?
r/20 is less than -3/20.
What is r is less than -3?
What is $8.40?