Grade 6 Algebra Word Problems

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Grade 6 Algebra Word Problems
How to write one-step equations for grade 6 algebra word problems?

Example 1:
Anna wants to celebrate her birthday by eating pizza with her friends. For $42.50 total, they can buy p boxes of pizza. Each box of pizza costs $8.50.
Write an equation that matches the situation.

Example 2:
Mr. Herman’s class is selling candy for a school fundraiser. The class has a goal of raising $500 by selling c boxes of candy. Foe every box they sell, they make $2.75.
Write an equation that the students could solve to figure out how many boxes of candy they need to sell.

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Grade 6 Algebra Word Problems
How to write algebraic expressions from word problems?

Example 1:
The price of a visit to the dentist is $50. If the dentist fills any cavities, an additional charge of $100 per cavity gets added to the bill
If the dentist finds v cavities, what will the cost of the visit be? Write your answer as an expression.

Example 2:
Sunny earns $12 per hour delivering cakes. She worked for x hours this week. Unfortunately, she was charged $15 for a late delivery on Tuesday.
How much money did Sunny earn this week? Write your answer as an expression.

Example 3:
There are c players on the Cougars hockey team. The team scored a total of 36 goals this season. One of the players, Matthew, scored 2 more goals than the average per player.
How many goals did Matthew score? Write your answer as an expression.

Example 4:
Hannah has 127 books in her collection. Her school is hosting a book donation. There are z students at her school, and they each plan to donate the same amount of books and reach a total donation of 300 books.
How many books will Hannah have in her collection after her donation. Write your answer as an expression.

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Grade 6 Algebra Word Problems - Rate, Distance, Time

Example 1:
Suzie ran a race. She ran 5 miles per hour, and the race took t hours to complete.
How long was the race? Write your answer as an expression.

Example 2:
The Running Aces card team won $548 playing in poker tournaments last year. The winnings were split among the p players.
How much money did each player receive? Write your answer as an expression.

Example 3:
Phil received a prize of x dollars from a poker tournament. The tournament cost him 100 dollars to enter.
What were Phil’s net winnings from the tournament? Write your answer as an expression.

Example 4:
Hillary made 48 chocolate chip cookies and y sugar cookies
How many total cookies did Hillary make? Write your answer as an expression.

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