Real-Life One-Step Equations: Create & Check Solutions

Maria has 12 apples. She gives some to her friend and now has 8 apples left. How many apples did she give away?

• 10

• 6

• 2

• 4

A book costs $15. If you have $x, how much more money do you need to buy the book? Write an equation and solve for x.

• 15 - x

• x / 15

• 15 + x

• x - 15

Tom has 5 more than twice the number of marbles that Jerry has. If Jerry has 10 marbles, how many does Tom have?

• 25

• 20

• 15

• 30

A box contains x chocolates. If you eat 3 chocolates, there are 7 left. How many chocolates were in the box originally?

• 12

• 8

• 10

• 5

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

• 10

• 8

• 12

• 6

A car travels at a speed of 60 miles per hour. How far will it travel in x hours? Write an equation to represent this and solve for x if the distance is 180 miles.

• 3 hours

• 2 hours

• 5 hours

• 4 hours

If a shirt costs $20 and you have $x, how much more do you need to buy the shirt? Write and solve the equation for x.

• x + 20

• 20 - x

• 20 / x

• x - 20

A gardener has x flowers. After planting 5 more, he has 20 flowers. How many flowers did he start with?

• 15

• 10

• 25

• 30

A recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar. If you want to make x batches of cookies, how much sugar do you need in total? Write an equation and solve for x if you need 10 cups of sugar.

• 3 batches

• 7 batches

• 12 cups of sugar

• 5 batches

You have $50. You spend x dollars on a game. How much money do you have left? Write an equation and solve for x if you have $30 left.

• 15

• 20

• 25

• 10