Grade 5 - Patterns and Relations
Standard 5.PR.2 - Practice writing variable addition, subtraction, multiplication and division sentences to represent a word problem.
Included Skills: Algebra
Write, solve, and verify solutions of single-variable, one-step equations with whole number coefficients and whole number solutions. • Identify aspects of experiences from one's life, family, and community that could be represented by a variable (e.g., temperature, cost of a DVD, size of a plant, colour of shirts, or performance of a team goalie). • Describe a situation for which a given equation could apply and identify what the variable represents in the situation. • Solve single-variable equations with the variable on either side of the equation, explain the strategies used, and verify the solution.