Writing Expressions
Writing Expressions
Writing Equations
Determining Operations
Determining Operations
100
Bill and Ted both collect baseball cards. Bill has 12 less baseball cards than Ted. Let t represent Ted’s baseball cards.
What is t - 12
100
Joe has some ice cubes. Sarah has 13 more than him. Let j represent Joe's ice cubes.
What is j + 13
100
Zamaria and Jaden have 48 pencils altogether. Zamaria has 6 times as many pencils as Jaden. Use # as a variable to write an equation.
What is 6 x # = 48
100
The operation used when figuring out five more than 7 shells.
What is addition
100
Difference
What is subtraction
200
A marching band has 56 members. The bandleader puts them into groups for a performance. Let g equal the number of groups formed.
What is 56 / g
200
Wayne and Drake are comparing their CD collections. Wayne discovers he has 5 fewer CDs than Drake. Let d represent Drake’s CDs.
What is d - 5
200
There are 4 shelves with canned dog food. Each shelf has some cans. Then, Elizabeth adds 2 cans to one of the shelves for a total of 18 cans. Let t represent the number of cans on each shelf to write the equation.
What is 4 x t + 2 = 18
200
The operation used when figuring out 4 times as many people equals 16 people.
What is multiplication
200
Equal groups
What is division
300
You have some books. Your brother has 10 more than you. let y represent your brother's books.
What is y + 10
300
A case of soda has 9 bottles in it. Let c represent a case.
What is c x 9
300
The total of 3 letters plus 2 letters is ^ letters. Write the equation when ^ is your variable.
What is 3 + 2 = ^
300
The operation used when figuring out 15 pancakes are equally divided among 5 friends.
What is division
300
Twice
What is multiplication
400
Marge and Celeste just took a Math test. Marge’s score is 9 points less than Celeste’s. Let c represent Celeste’s score.
What is c - 9
400
A soccer teams has 18 players. The coach puts them in mini vans to travel to an away game. Let v represent the number of vans used.
What is 18/v
400
There are 14 friends at the table. Half leave for the night but 3 new friends join the table. There are a total of f friends at the table. Use f as the variable to write the equation.
What is 14 / 2 + 3 = f
400
The operation used when figuring out 12 keys were lost from the key chain.
What is subtraction
400
Fewer than
What is subtraction
500
A pack of silly bands has 4 bands in it. Jaymarious has some packs in his desk. Let p represent the number of packs.
What is 4 x p
500
Books come 20 to a pack and Ms. Nash ordered 4 packs.
What is 4 x 20
500
5 boxes of muffins with m number in each box equals 30 muffins. Let m represent the number in each box when writing the equation.
What is 5 x m = 30
500
The operation used when figuring out 3 rows of 8 players equals some number of players
What is multiplication
500
Total
What is addition
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