5 Write Expressions Where Letters Stand for Numbers I Meaning of Exponents

This accelerated lesson contains activities from Lessons 7 and 8 in the student workbook.

🎯Learning Targets

  • I can use an expression that represents a situation to find an amount in a story.
  • I can write an expression with a variable to represent a calculation where I do not know one of the numbers.
  • I understand the meaning of an expression with an exponent like 35.
  • I can evaluate expressions with exponents and write expressions with exponents that are equal to a given number.

🖐️Digital Manipulatives

14.2 The Genie’s Offer Links to an external site.

📺Video

What is a variable?

How to Evaluate an Expression with Variables 

How to Write Basic Algebraic Expressions from Word Problems

Introduction to Exponents

📓Student Edition

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