Wizard One-Step
A wizard buys 20 glowing crystals. Each crystal costs 5 gold coins. How many gold coins does the wizard spend? Write an equation using a letter for the unknown and solve.
5x20=100 gold coins
A wizard packs 3 pouches. Each pouch holds 4 rune stones. He then finds 5 more rune stones. How many rune stones does he have now? Write an equation and show your steps.
(3x4)+5=r (r=rune stones)
12+5=17 rune stones
A wizard prepares 4 trays of enchanted cookies with 6 cookies per tray. He then shares 5 cookies with a friend. How many cookies remain?
What is the hidden question you must answer first?
How many cookies did he have in all?
7x6
42
48 divided by 6
8
A witch brews 15 potion vials. Each vial needs 3 drops of dragon tear. How many drops does she use total? Write an equation with a letter for the unknown and solve.
15x3=d (drops)
15x3=45 d=45 drops
A witch makes 12 small potions. Each small potion needs 2 herb leaves. There are 6 leaves on each herb plant. How many herb plants will she need to pick? Write an equation and show steps.
(12x2) divided by 6 = h (h=herb plants)
24 divided by 6 = 4 herb plants need to be picked
A potion maker uses 24 berries to make small potions that require 3 berries each. She then combines every 2 small potions into a stronger potion. How many stronger potions can she make?
What is the hidden question you must answer first?
How many small potions can she make with the berries she has?
12x9
108
125 divided by 5
25
A young sorcerer collects 48 moonstones and shares them equally with 6 friends. How many moonstones does each friend get? Write an equation with a letter for the unknown and solve.
48 divided by 6 = m (m=moonstones each friend gets)
48 divided by 6 = 8 moonstones for each friend
A wizard has 112 quills. He packs them into boxes that hold 8 quills each. After filling as many boxes as possible, he gives 6 boxes to a friend. How many boxes does he have left? Write equations and interpret remainders.
(112 divided by 8) - 6 = b (b=boxes left)
14-6 = 8 boxes left
A wizard collects 150 enchanted seeds. He plants them in rows of 7. After planting as many full rows as possible, he uses leftover seeds to fill packets of 5 seeds each to sell. How many full packets can he make?
What is the hidden question you must answer first?
How many leftover seeds does he have?
25x14
350
268 divided by 4
67
A wizard’s bench has 8 rows of 4 spell books each. How many spell books are on the bench? Write an equation with a letter for the unknown and solve.
8x4=b (b=books on the bench)
8x4=32
b = books on the bench
A magical farm yields 228 glowing pumpkins. Each crate holds 6 pumpkins. The farmer sells 15 full crates. How many pumpkin crates are left on the farm? Write equations and show reasoning.
(228 divided by 6) - 15 = c (c=crates left)
38 - 15 = 23
A magical bookstore has 372 pages to bind into booklets. Each booklet uses 9 pages. After making as many booklets as possible, they cut leftover pages into bookmarks that use 3 pages each. How many bookmarks can they make?
How many pages are leftover?
48x23
1,104
603 divided by 9
67
A potion recipe needs 125 ml of phoenix oil. A vial holds 5 ml. How many full vials are needed? Write an equation with a letter for the unknown and solve.
125 divided by 5 = v (v=vials needed)
125 divided by 5 = 25 vials needed (v=25 vials needed)
A wizard school orders 260 parchment sheets. Each of their 28 students needs 9 sheets. How many parchment sheets will be leftover? Write an equation and show steps.
260 - (28x9) = p (p=parchment sheets leftover)
260-252=8 parchment sheets leftover
A guild orders 999 tiny vials. They pack them into boxes of 8. After packing full boxes, they use leftover vials to create sets of 3 for kits. How many full kits can they make from leftovers?
How many leftover vials are there?
A wizard plants 37 magical bulbs and each bulb produces 28 sparks of light. How many sparks in all? Write an equation using a letter for the unknown and solve.
37x28=s (s=sparks)
s=1,036 sparks in all
470 divided by 7
67r1