represent word problems
Carl has r red peppers and 15 green peppers. 
Write an expression that shows how many peppers
 Carl has.
no spaces
Flora has 26 more rubber bands than Lindsey.
 Lindsey has r rubber bands. Write an expression 
that shows how many rubber bands Flora has.
no spaces
Janelle had 48 coins. Then she found p more
 coins in a drawer. Write an expression that
shows how many coins Janelle has now.
no spaces
Koa planted 23 fewer trees than Zane.
 Zane planted t trees. Choose the expression
 that shows how many trees Koa planted.
t - 23
23 - t
23
t + 23
variable is a letter that represents an unknown
number.
An expression is a group of numbers, symbols,
 and variables that represents another number.
The correct expression will subtract 23 from tto
 show how many trees Koa planted. This is the
 correct expression:

t – 23
Delilah bought a bag of 98 sour candies. 
She ate s of the candies. Choose the expression
 that shows how many sour candies Delilah has now.
s
s - 98
s +98
98 - s
 Remember 
variable is a letter that represents an unknown
number.
An expression is a group of numbers, symbols,
 and variables that represents another number.
The correct expression will subtract s from 98
 to show how many sour candies Delilah has 
now. This is the correct expression:

98 – s
Eve earned 67 extra credit points. Renee earned 
e fewer extra credit points than Eve.
 Choose the expression that shows how many extra 
credit points Renee earned.
67 - e
67 + e
e
67
 Remember 
variable is a letter that represents an unknown
number.
An expression is a group of numbers, symbols,
 and variables that represents another number.
The correct expression will subtract e from
 67 to show how many extra credit points 
Renee earned. This is the correct expression:

67 – e
Luis earned 50 bonus points. Rashad earned b
 more bonus points than Luis. Choose the
 expression that shows how many bonus points Rashad 
earned.
b
50 + b 
b - 50
50 - b
 Remember 
variable is a letter that represents an unknown
 number.
An expression is a group of numbers, symbols,
 and variables that represents another number.
The correct expression will add b to 50 to 
show how many bonus points Rashad earned. 
This is the correct expression:

50 + b
Harry had c CDs until he won 76 more in a contest.
 Choose the expression that shows how many
 CDs Harry has now.
c - 76
c + 76
76
76 - c
 Remember 
variable is a letter that represents an unknown
number.
An expression is a group of numbers, symbols,
 and variables that represents another number.
The correct expression will add 76 to c to show
 how many CDs Harry has now. This is the correct
 expression:

c + 76
Alex has 80 buttons. He gives away b buttons.
 Choose the expression that shows the number
 of buttons Alex has left.
b
80 - b
b - 80
80
 Remember 
variable is a letter that represents an unknown
number.
An expression is a group of numbers, symbols,
and variables that represents another number.
The correct expression will subtract b from 80 
to show the number of buttons Alex has left.
 This is the correct expression:

80 – b
There were 16 frogs in a pond. f of the frogs hopped 
away. Choose the expression that shows how 
many frogs are in the pond now.
16 - f
f - 16
f + 16
16
 Remember 
variable is a letter that represents an unknown
number.
An expression is a group of numbers, symbols,
and variables that represents another number.
The correct expression will subtract f from 16
 to show how many frogs are in the pond now. 
This is the correct expression:

16 – f
Josiah had 64 caramels. Then, Josiah's sister
 took of the caramels.
 Choose the expression that shows the number
 of caramels Josiah has left.
64 - c
c - 64
c + 64
64
The correct expression will subtract c from 64
 to show the number of caramels Josiah has 
left. This is the correct expression:

64 – c
Tyler has 79 small spoons and b big spoons. 
Choose the expression that shows how 
many spoons Tyler has.
79
79 - b
79 + b
b - 79
The correct expression will add b to 79 to
 show how many spoons Tyler has. This is 
the correct expression:

79 + b
Anka ate 50 out of g gumdrops. Choose the
 expression that shows how many gumdrops 
Anka has left.
50 + g
g - 50
g+ 50
50 - g
The correct expression will subtract 50
 from gto show how many gumdrops
 Anka has left. This is the correct expression:

g – 50
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