One-Step Equations
when a variable can be a specific number or greater than that number.
What is greater than or equal to?
when a variable is the same as a number.
What is equal to?
when a variable cannot be a specific number but can be any number less than that variable.
what is less than?
a graphed open circle with a line and arrow to the right means
What is greater than?
this alphabetical letter means an unknown in mathematics.
What is a variable?
Sandy spent half of her allowance going to the movies. She washed the famil car and earned 9 dollars. What is her weekly allowance if she ended wit 11 dollars ?
What is 4 dollars?
I have two tacos, then I eat two tacos, and then a magical taco falls from the sky. My dog eats the magical taco and turns into a dogocorn. He then has the power to grant me the opposite of the number of tacos I had originally.
What is - 2 tacos.
The quotient of a number (n) and 0.2 is 2.6.
What is n = 0.52
You purchased $132.49 worth of wheels and bearings for your skateboards. The shop charges $15 per board to install them. The total cost is $192.49. How many skateboards will be repaired?
What is x = 4
Benny sold half of his comic books and then bought 7 more. He now has 12. How many did he begin with ?
WHat is 10 comic books
Your Two-Day-Pass to a theme park is $76.50. This is $31.41 less than your uncle’s Two-Day-Pass. What is the price of your uncle’s pass?
What is $107.91.
On Monday, 260 students went on a trip to the zoo. All 6 buses were filled and 8 students had to travel in cars. How many students were in each bus ?
What is 42 students
The sum of three consecutive numbers is 138.
What is the smallest of the three numbers ?
What is 45?
Solve the equation. 5m +7 = 27
What is m = 4
Oceanside Bike Rental Shop charges 13 dollars plus 6 dollars an hour for renting a bike. Jessica paid 49 dollars to rent a bike. How many hours did she pay to have the bike checked out?
What is 6 hours?
Keith bought 4 new baseball trading cards to add to his collection. The next day his dog ate half of his collection. There are now only 41 cards left.
How many cards did Keith start with?
What is 78 cards?
Last season, a sports fan spent $4,500 to see his favorite team play 50 games. To see each game, the fan had to buy a ticket and pay $10 for parking. Let p represent the amount the fan paid for each ticket. What equation represents this situation? How much did the fan pay for each ticket?
What is $80?
A music download service charges a flat fee each month and $0.99 per download. The total cost for downloading 27 songs this month is $42.72. How much is the flat fee?
What is x = $15.99