1. Representing problems with equations
Almost as much fun as a bee sting in your nose and a lot less likely to make you scream in agony!

2. STEPS TO SUCCESS Draw a picture or strip diagram Label it
Look at your diagram and ask, “Does it make sense for the word problem?”
Write an expression that represents what you drew
Remember to put parentheses if you have to do one step first

3. Problem 1
Lisa is cooking muffins. The recipe calls for 7 cups of sugar. She has already put in 2 cups. How many more cups does she need to put in? 7 2 x
x = 7 - 2

4. Problem 2
How many packages of diapers can you buy with $40 if one package costs $8? 40 8 8 8 8 8 8 1 2 3 4 x
x = 40 ÷ 8

5. Problem 3
Last Friday Trevon had $29. Over the weekend he received some money for cleaning the attic. He now has $41. How much money did he receive? 41 x 29
x =

6. Problem 4
Last week Luis ran 30 miles more than Mr. Sims. Mr. Sims ran 47 miles. How many miles did Luis run? L 30
Sims: 47
L =

7. Problem 4b S = 3 + 2 B = 3S B = 3(3+2) B S S S S 2 3 1 2 3
Billy has 3 times as many chickens as Sammy. Sammy has 3 orange chickens and 2 lovely purple chickens. How many chickens does Billy have? B S S S S 2 3 1 2 3
S = 3 + 2
B = 3S
B = 3(3+2)

8. Problem 5
After paying $5.12 for a salad, Norachai has $ How much money did he have before buying the salad? N
$5.12
$27.10
N = $ $27.10

9. Problem 6
At a restaurant, Mike and his three friends decided to divide the bill evenly. If each person paid $13 then what was the total bill? x 13 13 13 13 1 2 3 4
x = 13 × 4

10. Brain Break

11. Problem 7
A stray dog ate 12 of your muffins. That was half of all of them! With how many did you start? x 12 12 1 2
x = 12 × 2

12. Problem 8
If the weight of a package is multiplied by 9 and the result is pounds. Find the weight of the package.
40.5 x x x x x x x 1 2 3 4 5 6 9
x = 40.5 ÷ 9

13. Problem 9
How many boxes of envelopes can you buy with $12 if one box costs $3? 12 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 4 x
x = 12 ÷ 3

14. Problem 10
Aryn’s mom gave him 327 dollars to buy a present. This covered a third of the cost. How much did the present cost? x
327
327
327 1 2 3
x = 327 × 3

15. Problem 11
Mr. Sims’ beautiful wife loves to watch cartoons. She watched cartoons for 8 hours last week. The week before that she also watched some cartoons. All in all she watched 38 hours of cartoons in the last 2 weeks. How many hours of cartoons did she watch the week before last? 38 8 x
x =

16. Problem 12
Brantley, Isa and Mazie found money buried in a field.They split the money evenly, each getting $ How much money did they find? x
24.28
24.28
24.28 1 2 3
x = ÷ 3

17. YOU MADE IT!!!!