Equations from Real-World Situations
Grade 4•45 minutes•5.PFA.2 The student will investigate and use variables in contextual problems.
Learning Objective
I can use a letter to stand for a missing number and write an equation to match a story problem.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Explain in your own words what a variable is in a math problem.
2. What are some keywords that might tell you to use addition when solving a word problem? Give at least two examples.
3. Sarah baked cookies for a bake sale. After selling 15 cookies, she had 21 cookies left. Write an equation using the letter 'c' to represent the number of cookies Sarah baked originally.
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