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Recycling Drive: Balance the Loads

Write and solve one-step equations with whole numbers, decimals, and fractions using recycling collection records.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.EE.B.7

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1 Common Core standard
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14 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 6
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students write addition and multiplication equations to model recycling collection situations.
Students solve one-step equations with nonnegative whole numbers, decimals, and fractions.
Students explain how an inverse operation preserves equality when solving an equation.

How to use

Use after introducing inverse operations. Have students write their calculations beside each problem and check solutions by substitution.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

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

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Recycling Drive: Balance the Loads

Write and solve one-step equations for cans, bottles, and paper.

Solve the Collection Records

Solve each equation. Show your calculation beside the problem.

1.

A collection record uses x for the number of cans collected before lunch. Solve x + 37 = 92.

x = cans

2.

Six crates hold the same number of bottles. The record shows 6x = 138, where x is the number of bottles in one crate.

x = bottles

3.

Two paper collections have a combined mass of 10.25 kg. Solve x + 4.75 = 10.25 to find the first collection's mass.

x = kg

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