Express in algebra equation and find the unknown number!

1. Charlie has x candies. He shares 10 with Betsy and is left with 24 candies.
2. Maria baked y cookies. She distributed the cookies equally among six of her neighbours.
Each neighbour received 18 cookies.
3. The duration of a school test is 60 minutes. Ethan completes the test in b minutes with 36
minutes left.
4. Bob is reading a book from the “harry Potter” series that has 607 pages. He has read 345
pages of the book and y pages remains.
5. Peter receives $12 as tips from two customers whose tables he waited on. One customer
gave him $x and the other gave him $5.
6. Uncle Fred gifted 9 story books to his niece from his collection. If he is left with 17 story
books, how many story books did Uncle Fred have at first?
7. The San Jose Team won a baseball tournament and the prize money was shared among the
9 players. If each player received $500, what was the total prize money?
8. Andrew paid $72 as bike rental charges. If he is billed at $8, how many hours has he used the
bike for?
9. Tom has 25 marbles and Marcus has a few more than Tom. If they have 56 marbles in all,
how many marbles does Marcus have?
10. Solve each equation!
a. 9c+1=10
b. 6y-5=7
c. 8=3a-4
m
d. + 9 = 11
5
e. 13+7 x=27
f. 17-q=6
g. 1+2r=35
h. 42+5t=8t
i. 4p-3=17