Teacher Notes
• This slideshow can be used after students have
used the Open Sentence Sort found here,
(instructions for the sort included).
• If you are just using the slideshow, students can
use whiteboards to write the open sentences for
the problems on each slide.
• The animations in the slideshow will reveal the
answers.
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Samantha bought five shirts and just enough
buttons to decorate her shirts. If B is the
number of buttons she plans to put on each
shirt, how many buttons will she use?
5xB
Aaron has 6 more vacation days than Rachel.
If v represents the number of vacation days
Rachel has, how many vacation days does
Aaron have?
V+6
Carter sold five fewer boxes of cookies than
Brad. If B is the number of boxes Brad sold,
how many boxes of cookies did Carter sell?
B-5
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There are 2 fewer trumpet players in the band
than flute players. If F is the number of flute
players in the band, how many trumpet
players are there?
x
There are 2 times as many flute players in the
band as trombone players. If F is the number
of trombone players in the band, how many
flute players are there?
D
E
F
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F-2
Fx2
Destiny ate 3 fewer pretzels than Elena. If p
represents the number of pretzels Elena ate,
how many pretzels did Destiny eat?
P-3
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H
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I
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Gabriel earns $2 each time he washes the
family car. If D is the total amount of money
that he earned last year by washing the car,
how many times did he wash the car?
D÷2
Cydney bought five of each kind of bagel a
bakery had in stock. If B is the number of kinds
of bagels the bakery had, how many bagels did
Cydney buy?
5xB
Tamika collected 7 fewer seashells than
Cynsere. If S is the number of seashells that
Cynsere collected, how many did Tamika
collect?
S-7
J
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K
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L
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Amesha collected 7 more seashells than
Derryl. If S is the number of seashells that
Derryl collected, how many did Amesha
collect?
S+7
The flute players in the band sit in the first 2
rows. The same number of flute players sit
in each row. If F is the total number of flute
players in the band, how many sit in each
row?
F÷2
Devon earned $2 more than Julie. If D is the
amount in dollars that Julie earned, how
much did Devon earn?
D+2
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N
x
O
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Stephen spent $2 on a notebook. If D is
the amount of money that he started with,
how much does Stephen have left?
D-2
Nathan has 6 times more vacation days
than Matthew. If s represents the number
of vacation days Matthew has, how many
vacation days does Nathan have?
6●s
Harry found five new bugs for his
collection today. If B is the number of bugs
he had yesterday, how many does he have
now?
B+5
P
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Q
x
R
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William’s age is 9 times Susan’s age. If
Susan’s age is s, how old is William?
Sx9
The math club makes $2 on each box of
dominoes that it sells. If D is the number
of boxes of dominoes that the club sold,
how much did it make in all?
2xD
There are 2 more drummers in the band
than flute players. If F is the number of
flute players in the band, how many
drummers are there?
F+2
S+
Tx
Raemaad needs 7 seashells more to complete
his collection. If S is the number of seashells
he has so far, how many will he have after he
gets 7 more?
s+7
Kelly filled 7 boxes with seashells. If S is the
number of seashells she put in each box, how
many seashells did she use in all?
sx7