One-Step Variable + Equations
One-Step Variable - Equations
One-Step Variable + Word Problems
One-Step Variable - Word Problems
Holiday Trivia
100

X + 8 = 12

What is X = 4

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4 + 8 = 12

100

Y - 24 = 28

What is Y = 52

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52-24 = 28

100

Haley and Andrea participated in a quiz contest. They scored 23 points in all. If Haley scored 9 points, how many points did Andrea score?

What is X = 14 points

X + 9 = 23

100

Mr. T buys candy canes priced at $17 from the grocery store. How much did she pay the cashier, if she received $13 in change?

Let X equal the amount of money Mr. T gave the cashier

What is X = 30

X-17 =13

100

Who brings presents to baby sharks?

What is SANTA JAWS

200

X + 27 = 84

What is x = 57

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57 + 27 = 84

200

Y - 47 = 18

What is Y = 65

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65 - 47 = 18

200

Tom has 25 bumblebee marbles and Marcus has a few more than Tom. If they have 56 marbles in all, how many bumblebee marbles does Marcus have?

Let X = number of Marcus's Bumblebee Marbles

What is X = 31

x+25 = 56


200

Max was gifted a pack of felts. He gave 23 crayons to his friend Tommy and was left with 14 felts. How many felts did the pack contain?

Let X equal the original number of felts in the pack

What is X = 37

X - 23 = 14


200

Who says, “Oh, oh, oh!”?

What is A Santa Walking Backwards


300

X + 152 = 258

What is X = 106

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106 + 152 = 258


300

Y - 482 = 123

What is Y = 605

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605 - 482 = 123

300

Ruby has to climb 36 steps to reach her apartment, on the third floor of the residential complex. She climbs 18 steps and reaches the second floor. How many more steps should she climb to reach her apartment?

Let X represent the number of steps Ruby still needs to climb to get to her apartment

What is X = 18 steps

x + 18 = 36


300

Harry and his friends are duelling in a potions match at Hogwarts. An hour later, 213 of his housemates must go to a quidditch match and leave. 321 of them continue to duel. How many of them were duelling initially?

What is X = 534

X - 213 = 321


300

What do Santa's elves learn when they go to school?

What is The elf-abet

400

213 + X = 471

What is X = 258

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213+258 = 471

400

62 = Y - 39 


What is Y = 101

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101 - 39 = 62

400

Ms. Baker and Mr. Fenrich picked up 852 sticks off the back field. If Ms Baker picked 567 sticks, and Mr. Fenrich picked F number of sticks, how many sticks did Mr. Fenrich pick up?

What is X = 285

X + 567 = 852



400

Betty bakes a Texas sheet cake. She cuts the cake evenly and packs 71 pieces for her mother and is left with 84. How many pieces of the cake did Betty cut in all?

What is X = 155

X - 71 = 84

400

Why are Christmas trees bad c. The elf-abet at knitting?

What is They're always dropping their needles.

500

1,314 = 891 + X

What is X = 423

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891 + 423 = 1,314 

500

7,221 = Y - 2,412

What is Y = 9,633

What is

9,633- 2,412 =7,221

500

Mrs. Russel and Mrs. Laktin teach 227 students each week and together make all of them a Christmas Card. If Mrs. Russel makes 67 Christmas Cards, and Mrs. Laktin makes L number of Christmas Cards, how many cards did Mrs. Laktin make?

What is L = 160

L + 67 = 227


500

Uncle Fred gifted 313 books to his niece from his Sci-Fi collection. If he is left with 153 Sci-Fi books, how many Sci-Fi books did Fred's collection have?

What is X = 466

X - 313 = 153

500

What does a gingerbread man put on his bed when he goes walking to sleep at night?

What is a cookie sheet.