Many Representations
Practice
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In math, there are many different
ways to show a problem.

Answer questions using words, models, charts, graphs, tables, symbols, and equations.

Bette is trying to read more
books this year.
Bette read 5 books in September,
6 books in October,
and 4 books in November.

 1. How many books did Bette
    read in all? 

 2. In which month did Bette
    read the most books?

 3. In which month did Bette
    read the fewest
    books?  

 1. How many matched pairs
    can Nate make from the 12
    socks? 

 2. If Nate found 1 more black
    sock, how many total pairs
    would he have now?
   
        

 

 1. How many gallons of water
    will Abby need for 6
    plants? 

 2. How many gallons would she
     need for 8 plants?

 3. How many would she need
     for 10 plants?

 1. How many students chose
    purple as their favorite
    color?   

 2. How many more students
     chose blue than
     red?  

 3. How many students chose
     either blue or
     green

 1. How many 5th graders
    were in school on
    Monday? 

 2. How many 1st and 2nd
     graders were in school in
     all?  

 3. Were there more 3rd
     graders or 4th graders in
     school on Monday? 

 
  Andy caught 5 fish on
  Monday and 6 fish on
  Tuesday.
          
    
                 
 1. How many fish did Andy catch in
     all?  

 2. How many more fish did he
     catch on Tuesday than on
     Monday?  

 3. If Andy caught 3 more fish
     on Wednesday, how many
     does he have now? 

 

  Ben played golf
  yesterday. He played 9 holes. He
  hit 3 strokes on each of the first 5
  holes, and 4 strokes on the last 4
  holes. 

  Write an equation for each question
  and solve.

 1. What was his score on
    the first 5 holes?
        

 2. What was his score on
    the last 4 holes?
        

 3. What was his total
     score?

 

Remember

There are many ways to show a problem.

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