Download One Step Equation Task Cards

One Step
Equation Task
Cards
20 task cards on one step
equations. Includes a mixture
of solving equations and word
problems.
1
Solve x – 3 = 24
2
A hard cover book costs $10
more than the paperback
edition. The hardcover book
costs $25.99. How much does
the paperback book costs?
3
Solve -7n = -294
4
An ice skating rink rents
out skates for $5.50 per
hour. You have $22 to
spend. How many hours
can you rent the skates?
5
What step do you need to
take in order to solve the
following equation:
x/8 = 5?
6
A student collected 12 leaves
for a project. This is 8 fewer
than the number of leaves he
collected yesterday. Write and
solve an equation to find how
many leaves he collected
yesterday.
7
Sally tried to solve the equation
x + 5 = -9. The answer she got
was x = -4. Is Sally correct? If
not, explain what she did
incorrectly and give the
correct answer.
8
A marathon runner trains 100
minutes each day. Write an
equation that relates the
number of days, d, the runner
spends training when he trains
for 700 minutes.
9
Solve 4 = 9 – y.
10
A manager at a restaurant
makes $2.50 more than the
hostess. Write and solve an
equation that shows how much
the hostess earns if the
manager makes $12.50.
11
Write an equation. Then
solve.
Eight less than x is twenty
one.
12
Solve -0.5x = -8
13
A band had a concert and
made $1,740 from ticket
sales. If each ticket costs
$15, how many tickets did
they sell?
14
The chorus boosters held a
candy bar fundraiser and
raised $483. How many
candy bars did they sell if
each bar costs $1.50?
15
Solve x – 1/3 = 1/6
16
Solve -1/3x = 36
17
You and your friends decide to
take a road trip from California
to Washington. The trip is
approximately 1,145 miles and
lasts 5 days. How many miles do
you need to drive each day?
18
A mason is laying a brick
foundation 54 inches wide. Each
brick is 6 inches wide. How many
bricks will the mason need
across the width of the
foundation?
19
Solve 2/3x = 7/9
20
During the summer break, you
work 25 hours per week at a
day camp. Each week, you earn
$187.50. How much do you earn
per hour?
13
14
A band had a concert and
made $1,740 from ticket
sales. If each ticket costs
$15, how many tickets did
they sell?
The chorus boosters held a
candy bar fundraiser and
raised $483. How many
candy bars did they sell if
each bar costs $1.50?
15
16
Solve x
1/3 = 1/6
Solve -1/3x = 36
Answer Key
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6. 
X = 27
$35.99
H = 42
H=4
Multiply both sides by 8
X – 8 = 12; 20
Answer Key
7.  She is incorrect. She added 5
instead of subtracting 5. The
answer should be x = -14.
8.  100d = 700
9.  Y = 5
10.  H + 2.50 = 12.50; $10
Answer Key
11.  X – 8 = 21; 29
12.  X = 16
13.  116 tickets
14.  $1.50 each
15.  X = ½
16.  X = -108
Answer Key
17.  229 miles
18.  9 bricks
19.  X = 7/6
20. X = 7.50 per hour
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