One-Step Equations
x + 12 = 0
x= -12
6x – 13 = 11
x= 4
Josh bought a total of $50 worth of bagged chips. If he has $17 left over and bought 3 bags of chips, how much does each bag cost? MAKE THE EQUATION!
3x+17=50
x=11 dollars
3/5x - 4=5
x=15
4 = -8 + x
x= 12
3x + 5 = 14
x= 3
Sally skips rocks for 5 minutes. She skipped 4 rocks at the beginning. If she skipped a total of 14 rocks, how many rocks does she skip each minute? MAKE THE EQUATION and SOLVE IT!
5x+4=14
x=2 rocks
4/9x + 3=7
x=9
-16 = x+2
x= -18
(x/2)+2 =-8
x= -20
Harry is studying for his math test and has a total of 35 problems to solve. If he gives his 5 friends each 3 questions to start and splits the remaining questions equally amongst them, how many questions did they get to start? MAKE THE EQUATION and SOLVE IT!
5(x+3)=35 or 5x+15=35
x=4 questions
1/3x+5=11
x=18
5x = -80
x= -16
(x/2)+8=10
x= 4
Melanie picks 80 flowers for her family. If she wants to give each of her 12 family members the same number of flowers to each person. She wants to keep 8 for herself. How many flowers does each family member get? MAKE THE EQUATION and SOLVE IT!
12x+8=80
x=6 flowers
-2/3x + 6 = 8
x=-3
3 = -2 – x
x= -5
(x/3)-3=-3
x= 0
George is a monkey keeper and he gives each of 6 monkeys the same number of bananas each day. One day he realized he didn't have enough bananas for all the monkeys so he had to take 2 from each monkey. If he gave out a total of 24 bananas, how many did each monkey get? I MAKE THE EQUATION and SOLVE IT!
6x-12=24 or 6(x-2)=24
x=6 bananas
-3/4x - 7 = 2
x=-12