Open Sentence
Practice
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Read the following
story problems
and decide...
1) what would the 
Open Sentence be?
   2) what would the answer be?

Then check your answers 
by clicking on the boxes.


Open Sentence
Choices:

* 5 - a = 12
* 5 + a = 12
* a x 5 = 12

 


One monkey ate 5 bananas yesterday,
and some more today.
If he ate a total of 12 bananas,
how many did he eat "today"?
 
 

              

 

Open Sentence
Choices:

* 7 + n = 21
* 7 x n = 21
* 7 - n = 21


Mike pitches 7 innings each game.
He pitched 21 innings in one week.
How many games 
did he pitch in this week?

                   

 

Open Sentence
Choices:

* 5 - T = 4
*
T 5 = 4
* T + 4 = 5

 
5 children played at the beach.
They each divided up the toys,
and had 4 toys each.
How many toys were there
all together?

                  

 

Open Sentence
Choices:

* 3 - r = 10
* 3 x r = 10
* r + 3 = 10

 
Gigi ice skated for the first time.
She only fell 3 times in 10 times
around the ice rink.
How many times did she go around 
the rink without falling?

                   

 

 

 


To win a game
Tommy needs to have the 
monster eat 200 spots.
So far he has eaten 150.
How many more spots need to be eaten
to win the game?

Open Sentence
Choices:

* p - 150 = 200
* 150 + p = 200
* 200 + p = 150

  

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