This is so easy. Why am I doing this in 6th grade? :/

Well, for me it was useful because English is my second language🐻❄️

If i'm in 7th grade is this meant to be hard for me?

It depends. Don’t feel bad though

it was easy(needs to be harder!)

it was easy(needs to be harder!) Work on more difficult problems then. it was easy(needs to be harder!) Work on more difficult problems then.

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6th grade (Illustrative Mathematics)

Course: 6th grade (Illustrative Mathematics) > Unit 6

Lesson 7: Lesson 6: Write expressions where letters stand for numbers

Writing basic expressions word problems

CCSS.Math:

6.EE.A.2

6.EE.A.2a

Google Classroom

Learn to write expressions to model word problems. For example, "Ben has b dollars, and Cam has 7 fewer dollars than Ben."

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Writing basic expressions word problemsSee video transcript

Now, let's practice

Problem 1

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Daniel makes 100 dollars each week. He worked for x weeks this summer.

How much money did Daniel make this summer?
Write your answer as an expression.

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this was hard but simple i enjoy this lesson
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It's really easy. We need harder sums so this regards to practice a lot.
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it was kinda easy but it could turn around and get hard
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para obtener 1200 dolares
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