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Pet Shelter Expressions: Say It With Symbols

Grade 5 practice writing simple expressions from words and comparing expressions without calculating, set at an animal shelter.

Grade 5MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to5.OA.A.2

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Single worksheet
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1 Common Core standard
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15 questions
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Details

Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 5
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students write numerical expressions with parentheses from word phrases and stories.
Students compare expressions without calculating, such as telling when one is 4 times as large as another.
Students match word phrases and real-world stories to the expressions they describe.

How to use

Remind students that they do not need to find any values on this sheet. Read the first problem aloud together, then let students work on their own and share how they decided.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.OA.A.2

Write simple expressions from words and understand them without evaluating.

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Pet Shelter Expressions: Say It With Symbols

Write expressions from words and compare them without calculating.

Words to symbols

Choose or complete the expression. You do not need to find its value.

Lena fills 9 food bowls in the morning and 5 food bowls in the evening. She does this for 3 days. Which expression shows how many bowls she fills in all?