Worksheet directions

Grade 6 • Review • Choose a strategy for each problem. Explain or check your thinking where requested.

Sample questions

1. A ribbon is x meters long and 4 meters are cut off. Write the remaining length as an expression and state which values of x make sense.
2. A museum charges $2 per student and a $8 group fee. Write an expression for n students. Explain whether n must be one fixed unknown number.
3. Write a real-world situation represented by 5x + 7. Define x and give two possible values it could have.
4. An unknown number of equal boxes each holds 3 markers. There are 27 markers altogether. Define a variable and write an equation.
5. Write a real-world situation represented by 5x + 11. Define x and give two possible values it could have.

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Common Core connections

Source labels: 6.EE.B.6. Review the learning goals below to check the fit for your class.

• 6.EE.B.6 — Use variables to represent numbers

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