Mastering One-Step & Two-Step Equations in Word Problems

Maria has 12 apples. She gives some to her friend and now has 7 apples left. How many apples did she give away?

• 3

• 8

• 10

• 5

A book costs $15. If you have $5, how much more money do you need to buy the book?

• $15

• $20

• $10

• $5

Tom has twice as many marbles as Jerry. If Jerry has 8 marbles, how many marbles does Tom have?

• 12

• 16

• 10

• 20

A box contains some chocolates. If you take out 5 chocolates, there are 10 left. How many chocolates were in the box originally?

• 10

• 15

• 5

• 20

Lily bought 3 packs of stickers. Each pack has the same number of stickers. If she has 24 stickers in total, how many stickers are in each pack?

• 6

• 12

• 8

• 10

A car travels 60 miles in 1 hour. How far will it travel in 3 hours?

• 180 miles

• 90 miles

• 240 miles

• 120 miles

The sum of a number and 9 is 20. What is the number?

• 10

• 15

• 11

• 12

A rectangle has a length of 10 cm and a width that is 4 cm less than the length. What is the width of the rectangle?

• 7 cm

• 5 cm

• 8 cm

• 6 cm

If a shirt costs $25 and is on sale for $5 off, what is the sale price of the shirt?

• $15

• $10

• $20

• $25

A farmer has 50 apples. He sells some and has 30 apples left. How many apples did he sell?

• 20

• 25

• 10

• 15