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Today’s Lesson:. What: equation word problems Why: To use an EQUATION in order to solve for the unknown in several real-life situations. Follow these steps . . . HOW??? Step One: ___________________________________ key information!!

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Today’s Lesson:

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  1. Today’s Lesson: What: equation word problems Why: To use an EQUATION in order to solve for the unknown in several real-life situations.

  2. Follow these steps . . . HOW??? Step One: ___________________________________ key information!! Step Two: Identify the MAIN question– this will be “x”– the main ____________________________________________! highlight unknown

  3. one-step equation word problems: # of miles Nick ran x = 25 miles

  4. Logan’s # of cans c = 40 cans

  5. cost of jeans d= $25.50

  6. # of boxes x = 11 boxes

  7. # of bars John sold x = 21 candy bars

  8. amount of $ won x = $219.78

  9. Two-step equation word problems: # of months x = 9 months

  10. # of months m= 17 months

  11. Hank’s # of points p = 10 points

  12. Michelle’s # of miles m = 30 miles

  13. cost of each video game x = $15

  14. END OF LESSON The next slides are student copies of the notes for this lesson. These notes were handed out in class and filled-in as the lesson progressed. NOTE: The last slide(s) in any lesson slideshow (entitled “Practice Work”) represent the homework assigned for that day.

  15. NAME: DATE: ______/_______/_______ Math-7 NOTES What: equation word problems Why: To use an EQUATION in order to solve for the unknown in several real-life situations. One-Step Word Problems (write AND solve an equation for each): HOW??? Step One: ___________________________________ key information!! Step Two: Identify the MAIN question– this will be “x”– the main ____________________________________________! Let “x” = _______________________________ What is the main question (“unknown”)? Let “c” = _______________________________ What is the main question (“unknown”)? Let “d” = _______________________________ What is the main question (“unknown”)? Let “x” = _______________________________ What is the main question (“unknown”)? Let “x” = _______________________________ What is the main question (“unknown”)? Let “x” = _______________________________ What is the main question (“unknown”)?

  16. Two-Step Word Problems: Let “x” = _______________________________ What is the main question (“unknown”)? Let “m” = _______________________________ What is the main question (“unknown”)? Let “p” = _______________________________ What is the main question (“unknown”)? Let “m” = _______________________________ What is the main question (“unknown”)? Let “x” = _______________________________ What is the main question (“unknown”)?

  17. NAME:_______________________________________________________________________________DATE: _____/_____/__________ Math-7 PRACTICE “ equation word problems” • One-Step Word Problems (write AND solve an equation for each): • Last week, Bob ran 5 more laps than Sheila. Bob ran a total of 12 laps. How many laps did Sheila run? (Hint: Use an addition equation to solve) • 2) Shannon bought a book for $14.99, but used a coupon to receive a discount. Her total, after the discount, was $9.99. How much did the coupon save her? (Hint: Use a subtraction equation to solve) • 3) How many bags of chips can you buy with $12.00 if one bag of chips costs $0.75? (Hint: Use a multiplication equation to solve) • You make a batch of homemade cookies that you decided to split equally among yourself and five of your friends at lunch. If each of you receive three cookies, how many cookies did you bake to begin with? (Hint: Use a division equation to solve) • Two-Step Word Problems (write AND solve an equation for each): • 1) You already have $225 in your checking account. You would like to save a total of $550, and have decided to save $65 per month. How many months will this take? • 2) During football season, the Redskins scored a total of three more than three times the amount of points that the Cowboys scored. The Redskins scored a total of 336 points in the season. How many points did the Cowboys score? • 3) Kiley bought four movie tickets at the same price. She also bought a jumbo popcorn for $8. If her total was $52, how much did she spend on each movie ticket?

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