Grade 7 · Expressions and Equations

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.EE.B.4

Use variables to represent quantities in a real-world or mathematical problem, and construct simple equations and inequalities to solve problems by reasoning about the quantities.

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Lessons that teach this standard

• Writing Equations and Inequalities from Words

  How to turn a worded problem into an equation or inequality, what solving actually asks, which words signal each inequality sign, and how two quantities relate.