Translating Words into Expressions

Mrs. Avner had some oranges. Dustin ate 3.

Answer explanation

We don't know how much "some oranges" is, so we will write that unknown value as X

If 3 were eaten, 3 were taken away, which means subtraction.

We can write this story as:

X-3

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.A.1

CCSS.1.OA.C.6

CCSS.1.OA.D.8

Mrs. Avner ate 6 cookies plus some more cookies

Answer explanation

We know Mrs. Avner ate 6 cookies.

We know she then at MORE, which means add.

Since we don't know how many more she ate, we will write that unknown value as X

6 + X

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.A.1

CCSS.1.OA.C.6

CCSS.1.OA.D.8

A mystery number plus 9

Mrs. Avner had some kids in her car. Then, 2 more jumped in. Then, we picked up 3 more friends.

A pencil box has pencils. Then, 6 are lost.

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.A.1

CCSS.1.OA.C.6

I have 24 markers and I share them equally among my students.

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.A.4

I shared half of my donuts with Ms. Hignight

I am tall. My son is 9 inches shorter than me.

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.5

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

I shared 20 tennis balls evenly with players.

I made cups of hot chocolate, but then my dog knocked one over with her tail.

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1

CCSS.7.NS.A.3