Evaluating, Solving, Word Problems, CLT

1-Step Equations Word Problems

100

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 equation?

10 cups of flour

 x+4=14

200

How many packages of socks can you buy with $80 if one package costs $16? What is the equation?

5 packages 

16x=80

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 equation?

$17.34

 x-2.50=14.84

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 equation?

122 pages

x+286=408

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 equation?

$21.84

x-3.94=17.90

Evaluate

100

x = 2 

x + 10

12

200

p = -6 

p + 10

4

300

w = 2      y = 6 

wy + 3

15

400

g = -2     t = 4 

2g + t

0

500

s = -2     h = -3 

sh + 2s + 10

12

Combine Like Terms

100

3x + 6b + 6x + 3b

9x + 9b

200

2xy + 4x + 6 + 8x

2xy + 12x + 6

300

4y - 3x + 6y + 10x + 5

10y + 7x + 5

400

-3d + 6 - 8y - 2xy + 4y - 6d

-9d - 4y - 2xy + 6

500

3w - 5y + 6 - 3w + 10y -2 + 10

5y + 14

2-Step Equations Word Problems

100

You bought a pencil case for $5 and four erasers. You spent a total of $25. How much did each eraser cost? Write equations and solve.

What is $5? What is 5+4x=25?

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 equation?

What is 12 refills? What is 8.95+1.50x=26.95?

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 equation?

What is 52 students? What is 9x+4=472?

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 equation?

What is 40 comic books? What is x÷2+16=36?

500

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 Janice paid is $30. How many hours did Janice rent the bike for? What is the equation?

What is 5 hours? What is 10+4x=30?

Solving Equations

100

8x + 10 =50

x = 5

200

2x - 4 = 20

x = 12

300

-2x+4=40

x = -18

400

12 - 4x=20

x = -2

500

8 = 10 - 2x

1 = x