Writing Expressions with Variables

Grade 445 min

aligned to 5.pfa.2 The Student Will Investigate And Use Variables In Contextual Problems.

Learning Objective

I can use a letter to stand for a number and write an expression for word problems like "3 more than a number."

Lesson Flow

Watch Video

7 min

Writing Algebraic Expressions (One Operation) | Math with Mr. J

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Practice

14 min

7 questions • Short answer

Exit Ticket

5 min

Write an algebraic expression for "15 more than a number p." Write an algebraic expression for "a number k divided by 7."

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