By: Nicolette Kelhower, Brandon Moore, and Maddy Meloche

Introduction You can make equations that are like chemical equations for things in everyday life. These equations are called everyday equations. In an everyday equation there are two sides; one side having the parts needed and the other side is the specific outcome.

o A word equation for the manufacture of everyday objects. o Has two sides of the equation: reactants and product. o A reactant is a starting substance in a reaction. o A product is a substance formed in a reaction.

o Sandwich o Bike o Lemonade o Basketball team o Skateboard o Cheeseburger o Flag

o An unbalanced equation is when the reactants don’t indicate the numbers needed to produce the product. ++ = B + P + J = B 2 PJ This is unbalanced because there’s two pieces of bread in the product but one piece of bread in the reactant.

Complete these unbalanced equations for each item… A basketball team- Center + Forward + Guard = Team ___ + ___ + ___ = CF 2 G 2 A tricycle- Frame + Wheel + Seat + Pedal = Tricycle ___ + ___ +___ + ___ = FW 3 SP 2 C + F + G = CF 2 G 2 F + W + S + P = FW 3 SP 2

o Balanced equations are like unbalanced equations, except there are coefficients in front of the reactants to show how many are needed for the product.

A Skateboard – 4 wheels + 2 trucks + 1 deck = skateboard ___ + ___ + ___ = W 4 T 2 D Lemonade – 2 lemons + 2 sugar + 1 water = glass of lemonade ___ + ___ + ___ = L 2 S 2 W 4W + 2T + D = W 4 T 2 D 2L + 2S + W = L 2 S 2 W

Homework….  Write a balanced equation for making a car, using F for frame, B for body, and W for wheels. TIP-when making an equation make sure that the number of reactants is equal to the number in the product.

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