Equations from Real-World Situations

Equations from Real-World Situations

Grade 4 · Math · 45 min· 5.pfa.2 The Student Will Investigate And Use Variables In Contextual Problems.

What's Included

Learning Objective

I can use a letter to stand for a missing number and write an equation to match a story problem.

Warm-Up Video

Unknown Channel · 5:00

Writing Equations from Word Problems

Practice Questions

7 questions · Short answer

Exit Ticket

Quick comprehension check

Maria had some stickers. She gave 12 stickers to her friend. Now she has 25 stickers left. Write an equation using the letter 's' to represent the number of stickers Maria had originally. David bought several packs of pencils. Each pack had 8 pencils. He bought a total of 56 pencils. Write an equation using the letter 'p' to represent the number of packs of pencils David bought.

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