Write an equation for a story
Grade 6 Math Worksheet
Circle the best answer, or write your answer on the line.
Ren collected some acorns Saturday and 26 Sunday, 71 acorns in all. Let s be Saturday's acorns. Which equation matches the story?
- s + 26 = 71
- s + 71 = 26
- 26s = 71
- s − 26 = 71
Tala has 48 stickers, 15 more than Jun has. Let l be Jun's stickers. Which equation matches the story?
- 48 + l = 15
- l + 15 = 48
- 15l = 48
- l = 48 + 15
Zee rode 56 laps this month, 14 more than Kira. Let s be Kira's laps. Which equation matches the story?
- s + 14 = 56
- 56 + s = 14
- s = 56 + 14
- 14s = 56
Luz has 32 stickers. Ari has 15 more than Luz. Let k be Ari's stickers. Which equation matches the story?
- 15k = 32
- k = 32 + 15
- k = 32 − 15
- k/15 = 32
Noah read for 37 minutes, 12 minutes less than Esme. Let a be the minutes Esme read. Which equation matches the story?
- 12a = 37
- 12 − a = 37
- a − 12 = 37
- a = 37 − 12
Tala has 70 buttons. Luz has 15 fewer than Tala. Let p be Luz's buttons. Which equation matches the story?
- p/15 = 70
- p = 70 + 15
- 15p = 70
- p = 70 − 15
Zee has 40 buttons, 4 times as many as Milo. Let d be Milo's buttons. Which equation matches the story?
- d − 4 = 40
- d + 4 = 40
- d = 4 × 40
- 4d = 40
Bo splits a stack of pages equally among 4 readers. Each reader gets 15 pages. Let g be the pages in the stack. Which equation matches the story?
- 4/g = 15
- g/4 = 15
- 4g = 15
- g − 4 = 15
Noah has 63 stickers, 9 times as many as Esme. The sticker book is getting crowded. Write an equation with t for Esme's stickers, then solve it. How many stickers does Esme have?
Luz's jar holds 85 beads. After some are taken out, 30 beads are left. Write an equation with x for the beads taken out, then solve it. How many beads were taken out?