IXL | Write a one-step equation: word problems

Manuel just finished writing the story for a comic strip called The Demise of Dr.

Dark.

Now he's ready to create the comic strip. To begin, he grabs a piece of sketch paper with an area of

square inches. He divides the sketch paper into 8 equal-sized sections for each part of the story. Each section has an area of 12 square inches.

Which diagram models the story?

Which equation models the story?

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At The Chilled Spoon, customers choose which fruit and candy toppings they want for their frozen yogurt. There are 20 toppings, of which

are fruit and 12 are candy.

Which diagram models the story?

Which equation models the story?

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First, look for numbers and words in the story that talk about toppings.

At The Chilled Spoon, customers choose which fruit and candy toppings they want for their frozen yogurt. There are 20

toppings,

of which

are fruit and 12 are

candy.

There are

fruit toppings and 12 candy toppings. There are 20 toppings in all.

This diagram models the story.

total number of toppings

number of fruit toppings

number of candy toppings

The story can be represented by an addition equation.

The equation

models the story.

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