Translate Words to Expressions: Real-Life Scenarios

A farmer has 12 apples and buys 8 more. How can you express the total number of apples he has now?

• 25

• 15

• 20

• 18

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Lisa has 5 packs of stickers. Each pack contains 10 stickers. Write an expression to find the total number of stickers Lisa has.

• 40 stickers

• 60 stickers

• 30 stickers

• 50 stickers

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Tom read 15 pages of a book on Monday and 20 pages on Tuesday. How can you express the total number of pages he read?

• 35 pages

• 40 pages

• 25 pages

• 30 pages

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

A baker made 24 cookies and sold 9. Write an expression to show how many cookies are left.

• 5

• 20

• 10

• 15

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CCSS.5.OA.A.1

CCSS.5.OA.A.2

Sarah has 3 boxes of crayons. Each box contains 12 crayons. How can you express the total number of crayons Sarah has?

• 36 crayons

• 48 crayons

• 30 crayons

• 24 crayons

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A toy store has 50 toys. If they sell 15 toys, how can you express the number of toys remaining?

• 15 toys remaining

• 50 toys remaining

• 35 toys remaining

• 25 toys remaining

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

In a classroom, there are 20 students. If 5 more students join, write an expression to find the total number of students in the classroom.

• 20 + 5

• 20 * 5

• 20 - 5

• 20 / 5

Tags

CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

A gardener planted 10 flowers in the morning and 15 in the afternoon. How can you express the total number of flowers planted?

• 20

• 25

• 30

• 15

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Mark has 30 marbles. He gives 7 marbles to his friend. Write an expression to find out how many marbles Mark has left.

• 23

• 15

• 25

• 20

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

A library has 100 books. If 25 books are checked out, how can you express the number of books still in the library?

• 50

• 25

• 75

• 100

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1