Writing Equations from Word Problems

Mr. Marcin is making bags of prizes. He has 92 prizes and splits them evenly into b bags. Which expression represents how many prizes are in each bag?

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

There were 47 frogs in a pond. f of the frogs hopped away. Choose the expression that represents the number of frogs left in the pond.

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.5

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

There are r rows of chairs with 8 chairs in each row. Choose the expression that represents the total number of chairs.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

A plane traveling to New York has 100 seats on board. If there are p passengers on the plane, which expression represents the number of empty seats on the plane?

• p - 100

• 100 - p

• 100p

• 100 + p

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Jordan makes 100 dollars each week. He worked for x weeks this summer. Write an expression to represent how much money Jordan made this summer.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.NBT.A.3

Ben has x dollars. Cam has 7 fewer dollars than Ben. Which expression shows how much money Cam has?

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

CCSS.6.EE.A.2

Rebecca paid a total of $324 for concert tickets. Rebecca bought x amount of tickets. Choose the expression that represents how much each ticket costs.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.B.6

• There are 35 people at a picnic. Five people brought drinks. Everyone else brought food. How many people brought food?

• There are 5 people at the picnic. More people decided to come. There are only 35 cookies. How many cookies will each person get if they all get the same amount?

• There are 35 people at a picnic. Other families decided to come to the picnic. Each family that came had 5 people in it. How many people are now at the picnic?

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

The temperature was d degrees in the afternoon. It was 30 degrees colder in the evening. Which expression will show the new temperature?

• d + 30

• d - 30

• 30 - d

• d / 30

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

What do the following terms mean:
is
equal
the same as 

• +
• -
• =
• x

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CCSS.5.OA.A.2