Real-Life One-Step & Two-Step Equation Challenges

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

• 10

• 5

• 8

• 3

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

• $5

• $20

• $10

• $15

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

• 12

• 20

• 16

• 10

A box contains x candies. If you take away 4 candies, there are 10 candies left. How many candies were in the box originally?

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 16

Samantha bought 3 packs of stickers for $2 each. If she spent a total of $x, how much did she spend?

• $8

• $4

• $10

• $6

A movie ticket costs $10. If you buy 3 tickets, how much do you spend in total?

• 25

• 20

• 15

• 30

The sum of a number and 9 is 15. What is the number?

• 10

• 4

• 6

• 12

If you subtract 5 from a number, you get 12. What is the number?

• 10

• 17

• 15

• 20

A shirt costs $20. If there is a sale and the price is reduced by $x, and now it costs $15, what is the value of x?

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 10

You have 50 candies and you want to share them equally among x friends. If each friend gets 10 candies, how many friends do you have?

• 4

• 6

• 5

• 8