Algebra
A bag contains x pieces of Halloween candy. You eat 5 pieces and now have 17 left. Write and solve an equation to find x.
Equation: x – 5 = 17 → x = 22
You eat 1/4 of your Halloween chocolate bar. What fraction remains?
3/4
A mini pumpkin costs $1.25. You buy 2. How much do you spend?
$2.50
A mini plastic spider weighs 30 grams. How many grams do 10 spiders weigh?
300 g
A pumpkin patch charges $3 per pumpkin plus a $2 entrance fee. Your cost is represented by: 3x + 2 = 17. How many pumpkins (x) did you buy?
5 pumpkins
Add: You carve 1/3 of your pumpkins on Friday and 1/6 on Saturday. What fraction is carved?
1/2
A haunted cookie costs $2.75. You pay with $5.00. What is your change?
$2.25
A mummy wraps 2 yards of fabric around your friend and 3 yards around you. How many feet total? (1 yard = 3 feet)
15 feet
A witch has 4x + 6 spiders. Her friend has 2x + 10 spiders. Together they have 54 spiders. Write and solve: (4x + 6) + (2x + 10) = 54. What is x?
x = 6
A spooky pizza is cut into 8 slices. You eat 3. What fraction and decimal represent what you ate?
3/8 and 0.375
A spooky sticker sheet costs $4.60, and a glow-in-the-dark pen costs $3.85. What is the total?
$8.45
A skeleton decoration is 1.2 meters tall. Convert to centimeters.
120 cm
You and a friend collect Halloween candy. You collect 3x – 4 pieces; your friend collects 2x + 1 pieces. Together, you have 57 pieces. Solve for x.
x = 12
A ghost floats 2/5 of a mile and then another 1/2 mile. How far total?
9/10 mile
400 (🎃 DAILY DOUBLE!)
A bag of candy is $6.40, but it's on sale for 25% off. What is the sale price?
$4.80
You measure a haunted hallway at 48 inches. How many feet is that?
4 ft
500 — 🎃 DAILY DOUBLE!
A vampire charges $2 per haunted tour, plus a $5 costume rental fee. Your total is the same as buying 3 glow-in-the-dark masks for $7 each. Set up and solve an equation to find how many tours you bought.
Equation: 2x + 5 = 3(7) → 2x + 5 = 21 → x = 8 tours
Reduce the fraction: 14/42 of the candy is chocolate. Simplest form?
1/3
You have $10.00. You buy a fake bat for $3.49 and a skeleton bracelet for $5.25. Do you have enough money? How much is left or needed?
Not enough — short $-0.74
A witch flies 2.75 kilometers, and a bat flies 1.6 kilometers farther. How far does the bat fly?
4.35 km