IXL | Write variable expressions: word problems

A chef used

cheese slices on a sandwich. He used 5 more pickle slices than cheese slices. Choose the expression that shows the number of pickle slices on the sandwich.

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question

Leslie has

brothers. She split a package of 12 sports cards evenly among them. Choose the expression that shows how many sports cards Leslie gave each brother.

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key idea

A variable is a letter that represents an unknown number.

An expression is a group of numbers, symbols, and variables that represents another number.

solution

Look for a pattern.

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Leslie has 2 brothers. She split a package of 12 sports cards evenly among them.

which is 6.

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Leslie has 3 brothers. She split a package of 12 sports cards evenly among them.

which is 4.

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Leslie has 4 brothers. She split a package of 12 sports cards evenly among them.

which is 3.

The pattern shows that in order to find how many sports cards Leslie gave each brother, you always divide 12 by

This is the correct expression:

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