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Weekly Kitchen Order Expressions

Translate a family restaurant’s weekly order plans into algebraic expressions, including differences, quotients, and grouped operations.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.EE.A.2.a

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 14 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 6
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students write algebraic expressions to represent operations described in words.
  • Students represent weekly order situations using variables and grouped operations.
  • Students distinguish expressions that reverse subtraction or division.

How to use

Use after introducing variables and operation words. Have students identify what each variable represents and explain why grouped operations need parentheses.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.EE.A.2.a

Write expressions in which letters stand for numbers to record operations, such as 5 less than y as y - 5.

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Weekly Kitchen Order Expressions

Represent a family restaurant’s weekly orders with variables and operations.

Translate Order Notes

Choose the expression that represents each note from a family restaurant’s kitchen. Do not find a numerical value.

1.
The kitchen usually orders n cartons of eggs each week. This week it needs 9 more cartons than usual. Which expression represents this week’s order?
  • A. 9n
  • B. n − 9
  • C. n + 9
  • D. 9 − n
2.
A note requests “11 fewer bags of rice than last week.” Last week’s order was n bags. Which expression represents the new order?
  • A. n + 11
  • B. 11 − n
  • C. n − 11
  • D. 11n
3.
The kitchen orders n crates of tomatoes. Each crate holds 14 pounds. Which expression represents the total pounds of tomatoes ordered?
  • A. 14n
  • B. n ÷ 14
  • C. 14 ÷ n
  • D. n + 14

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