Difference Between an Equation and an Expression

What is the difference between an expression and an equation?

• Expression has more numbers

• An equation has an equal sign

• there are 2 variables instead of 1

• there are more terms in an equation

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2B

What is the difference between an expression and an equation

• Expressions have an equal sign and equations do not

• Equations have an equal sign and expressions do not

5 + 3 = 8

• expression

• equation

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CCSS.6.EE.A.4

What is the difference between an equation and an expression?

• There is no difference

• An equation has an answer and an expression could have an answer.

• Equation can only have one term after the equals sign and an expression could have one or more terms after the equals sign.

• An expression we do not know what one quantity is equal to and an equation we know what one quantity is equal to another quantity.

What is the difference between an equation and an expression?

• An equation has an equal sign and an expression does not.

• An expression has an equal sign and an equation does not.

• This must be a trick! They are the same thing!

• One has variables and the other does not.

What is the difference between an equation and an expression?

• An expression has an equal sign and an equation does not have an equal sign.

• An equation has an equal sign and an expression does not have an equal sign.

• There is not an difference.

• An equation can have variables but an expression can not have variables.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2B

What is the difference between an algebraic expression and an equation?

• Algebraic expressions do not have variables, but equations do have variables

• Expressions and equations are not different

• Expressions do not have an equal sign and equations need to have an equal sign

• Expressions need to have an equal sign and equations do not have an equal sign

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CCSS.6.EE.A.4

Which of the following is a mathematical sentence that has an equal sign?

• Term

• Expression

• Coefficient

• Equation

What is the difference between an expression and equation?

• Expressions have an equal sign and equations do not have an equal sign

• Expressions do not have an equal sign and equations do have an equal sign

• There is not a difference

• Expressions do not have variables and equations have variables