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Class Trip Cost Planner

Write, solve, and check one-step equations with whole numbers, decimals, and fractions while planning a class museum trip.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.EE.B.7

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What’s included

  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 14 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 6
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students solve addition and multiplication equations with nonnegative rational numbers.
  • Students write one-step equations to model transportation, meal, and admission costs.
  • Students check solutions by substitution and explain how to undo multiplication by a fraction.

How to use

Have students show inverse operations on separate paper. Then compare their budget models and discuss how substituting a solution checks an equation.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.EE.B.7

Write and solve one-step equations like x + p = q and px = q with nonnegative rational numbers.

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Class Trip Cost Planner

Write and solve one-step equations for bus travel, meals, and museum tickets.

Solve the Planning Equations

Solve each equation. Each question describes a separate trip plan. All variables represent nonnegative numbers.

1.
A bus payment is split into a $165 deposit and a remaining payment of x dollars. Solve x + 165 = 480.

x =   dollars

2.
Eight identical boxed meals cost $58 altogether. Solve 8x = 58 to find the cost of one meal.

x =   dollars

3.
A museum ticket and a $3.85 activity guide cost $16.50 altogether. Solve x + 3.85 = 16.50.

The ticket costs   dollars.

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