IXL | Write variable expressions: word problems

Volleyball practice is

hours long. Debbie had 3 volleyball practices last week. Choose the expression that shows the number of hours of practice.

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Jamal spent 6 dollars on snow cones last week. Each snow cone costs

dollars. Choose the expression that shows how many snow cones Jamal bought.

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A variable is a letter that represents an unknown number.

An expression is a group of numbers, symbols, and variables that represents another number.

Look for a pattern.

Try

Jamal spent 6 dollars on snow cones last week. Each snow cone costs 2 dollars.

which is 3.

Try

Jamal spent 6 dollars on snow cones last week. Each snow cone costs 3 dollars.

which is 2.

Try

Jamal spent 6 dollars on snow cones last week. Each snow cone costs 6 dollars.

which is 1.

The pattern shows that in order to find how many snow cones Jamal bought, you always divide 6 by

This is the correct expression:

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