Mystery Number
Belle has y amount of flowers. Josh had 36 more flowers than Belle. Write the expression that shows how many flowers Belle has.
y+36
A teacher bought in some number of erasers (e) to the classroom. At the end of the day, the teacher noticed there were 6 missing. Write an expression that shows how many erasers are left.
e-6
the difference of p and 4
p-4
Darell has 38 gumballs. Ruth has 12 fewer gumballs than Darell. How many gumballs does Ruth have?
38-12=26 gumballs
In a 2 weeks a plant grew 8/10 of a foot. The first week it grew 1/10 of a foot. How much did the plant grow in the second week?
8/10 - 1/10 = 7/10
Tim has 23 less peanuts than Molly. Molly has x peanuts. Write the expression that shows how many peanuts Molly has.
x-23
b / 2
the sum of 14 and e
14+e
Mike earned 32 bonus points. Kathleen earned 45 more bonus points than Mike. How many points did Kathleen earn?
32+45=77 bonus points
Andrew gives 1/3 cup of dog food to each of his 5 dogs every morning. How much food does Robbie need each morning to feed his 5 dogs?
1/3 x 5/1
5/3= 1 2/3 cups
Sammy got 123 candies for Halloween but her brother ate a lot of her candies when she wasn't looking. Write an equation to show how many candies she has left over.
123-c
The 5th grade has some number of students (s). The 4th grade has twice as many students. Write an expression that would represent how many 4th graders there are in all.
2s
10 multiplied by u
10 x u
There were 4 cars in the driveway. Each car has 4 tires. How many tires were in the driveway?
4 x 4= 16 tires
The label on a box of Chips Ahoy says that one serving is 1/5 of the box. Each of the 9 people in a family ate one serving of Chips Ahoy. What fraction of the box of cookies did the family eat?
1/5 x 9
1/5 x 9/1
9/5 = 1 4/5
Ben goes to the store to buy a carton of eggs. Each carton of eggs contains a dozen (12 eggs). He buys a cart full of egg cartons. Write an expression showing how many egg cartons were in the cart.
c x 12
There were some number of dogs (d) in the house. The family adopted 4 more dogs. Write an expression that shows how many dogs they have in all now.
d + 4
f increased by 3
f+3
There was 25 pieces of cake at a party. There were 5 people in all and they wanted to share the pieces of cake evenly, so each person gets the same number of pieces. How many pieces of cake did each person get?
25 / 5 = 5 pieces
Cece read 3,489 pages in 3rd grade. She read 5,208 pages in 3rd and 4th grade. How many pages did she read in 4th grade?
Write an expression using a letter to represent the unknown. Then, find the answer.
3,489 + p = 5,208
5,208 - 3,489 =
p= 1,719 pages
Adam has a pile of legos that he needs to divide up. He places them on 3 different tables equally. Write an expression to fins out how many legos are on each table.
L / 3
Sharon bought a box with some number of markers (m) inside. She shared the markers evenly with her sister. Write an expression that would show how many pencils each sister would get.
m / 2
7 times r
7 x r
Eight people walked into a store and bought 32 CDs. They wanted to split the CDs so each person got the same amount. How many CDs does each person get?
32 / 8 = 4 CDs
Justin rode his bike 312 miles in May. In June, he rode his bike 50 miles more than May. Justin rode a total of 980 miles in June and July. How many miles did he ride in July?
Write an expression using a letter to represent the unknown. Then, solve the equation.
312+50= 362
362+r=980
OR (312+50)+r=980
OR 980-362=r
r=618 miles