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Equation riddles

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Gloria has 12 apples, and she picks some more. Now she has 20 apples. How many did she pick? 12 + x = 20 8
Hunter had some marbles. He gave 7 to his friend and now has 15 left. How many did he start with? x - 7 = 15 23
Abby bought 3 packs of markers. Each pack had 5 markers. How many markers did she buy? 3 × 5 = x 15
Trevor read 25 pages yesterday and some more today. He read 60 pages total. How many pages did he read today? 25 + x = 60 35
DJ baked 48 cookies and put them in 6 boxes equally. How many cookies are in each box? 48 ÷ 6 = x 8
Luna has x dollars. She spends $18 and now has $27. How much did she start with? x - 18 = 27 45
Cierra has 9 bags of candy. Each bag has the same number of pieces. She has 81 pieces total. How many are in each bag? 9 × x = 81 9
Javier collected 120 cans. He split them evenly into 10 bins. How many cans did he put in each bin? 120 ÷ 10 = x 12
Samiyah saw 18 birds on a wire. Some flew away, and 11 were left. How many flew away? 18 - x = 11 7
Giancarlo saved $90. He adds more money and now has $125. How much did he add? 90 + x = 125 35
Lucy ran 6 miles each day for x days. She ran 30 miles total. How many days did she run? 6 × x = 30 5
Armani had some pencils. He gave 14 away and still has 22. How many did he start with? x - 14 = 22 36
Jaxson scored 85 points in two games. He scored 40 in the first game. How many in the second? 40 + x = 85 45
Ruth bought 5 notebooks. Each cost $3. What was the total cost? 5 × 3 = x 15
Abby had $50. She bought a toy for x dollars and had $15 left. How much was the toy? 50 - x = 15 35
Trevor worked 4 hours a day for 7 days. How many hours did he work? 4 × 7 = x 28
Nevaeh picked 36 apples. She put them in bags with 6 apples each. How many bags did she use? 36 ÷ 6 = x 6
Gloria has 24 stickers. She gives x stickers to each of 4 friends. Each friend gets the same amount. How many stickers per friend? 24 ÷ x = 4 6
Annabeth saw 9 rows of chairs with 8 chairs in each. How many chairs were there? 9 × 8 = x 72
DJ has 5 boxes of toy cars. There are x cars in each box. He has 45 cars in total. 5 × x = 45 9
Luna needs 32 cupcakes. She can make 8 per batch. How many batches does she need? 32 ÷ 8 = x 4
Javier had 42 toy soldiers. He gave away some and had 19 left. How many did he give away? 42 - x = 19 23
Samiyah has x pages to read. She reads 15 today and 20 tomorrow and finishes the book. How many pages is the book? 15 + 20 = x 35
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