Using Equations to Solve Problems

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Using Equations to Solve Problems

• Who Has That Equation?

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Freeda is picking strawberries for her
grandmother to make a strawberry pie for the
Smith Family Reunion. Her grandmother needs 65
strawberries. So far, Freeda has picked 34
strawberries. How many more strawberries does
Freeda need to pick?
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Katies family is going on a trip to the Blue
Ridge Mountains. The trip is 184 miles long. If
her family drives 76 miles the first day and
stops to spend the night, how many more miles
does her family have to drive the next day?
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William was excited because his mother told him
she would buy him a new video game. His mother
told him the video game must be no more than 50.
The game William wants cost 62. How much more
money will William need to buy the game?
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In his basketball game, Jake made 15 shots. All
of his shots were 3-pointers. How many points
did Jake score in the basketball game?
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Leslie made a 84 on her multiplication test.
Gabriel made 12 points higher than Leslie on her
test. What grade did Gabriel make?
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Gina was thrilled to go to Carowinds and finally
ride the Borg that everyone was talking about.
When she went to get in line for the ride, her
heart sank. The ride said she had to be 54
inches to ride. She was 6 inches too short. How
tall is Gina?
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Peter had 16 quarters. The new baseball he
wanted cost 2.00. How much money will Peter
have left after he purchases the ball?
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Lakishas teacher assigned a 244 page book for
her class to read over the next two weeks.
Lakisha read 178 pages so far. How many pages
does she have left to read?
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Julian agreed to run the neighborhood paper route
for 6 weeks. How many days will Julian be
working?
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Datwan went to visit his uncle in Charleston,
South Carolina for 42 days. How many weeks was
he gone?
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Frankie found 25 nickels. How much money did he
find?
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Isaac was asked to share some of his model cars
for decoration at the Detroit Car Show. He has
76 model cars, but was asked to share only 39 of
them. How many cars will Isaac have left at home
after he lends the other cars to the car show?
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For breakfast, Mrs. Smoaks class received 32
juices. 18 of the juices were apple juice and
the rest were orange juice. How many of the
juices were orange juice?
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There were 21 turtles in the turtle exhibit at
the zoo. One of the female turtles had 7 babies.
How many turtles are now in the exhibit?
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Opal swam 18 laps in her aunts swimming pool.
Each lap was 20 feet long. How many feet did
Opal swim altogether?
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Porter found 8 dozen seashells on her trip to
Hilton Head Island. How many seashells did
Porter find?
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Drew found 18 dimes. How much money did Drew
find?
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Miss Bonnette had 23 students in her class, 14 of
which were boys. How many girls did Miss
Bonnette have in her class?
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Lola was always trying to find new stickers when
she went to the store so she could add them to
her extensive sticker collection. In Target
yesterday, Lola found 3 packs of 25 stickers.
How many new stickers does she have to add to her
collection?