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How Do You Turn a Simple Equation into Words?

Turn the mathematical equation, m=$270, into a story. In other words make up a story that describes that mathematical expression.

Summary

  1. 'm' is a variable
  2. 'm' could be anything we want as long as it is a dollar amount
  3. We chose 'm' to be the total money Amit gets paid
  4. We know what 'm' is, we just decided that, so write it down
  5. In mathematics, the equals sign translates to 'is equal to'
  6. $270 can be written out as '270 dollars'

Notes

    1. We want to turn this equation into a word problem
    2. 'm' is a variable
    1. 'm' is a variable
    1. 'm' is a variable
    1. 'm' is a variable
    1. 'm' is a variable
    1. 'm' is a variable
    2. This really doesn't make sense because an amount of muffins is equal to $270
    1. This really doesn't make sense because an amount of muffins is equal to $270
    2. 'm' is a variable
    1. 'm' is a variable
    1. 'm' is a variable
    1. 'm' is a variable
    1. We are using 'm' to represent the total money that Amit gets paid
    2. 'm' is a variable
    1. We are using 'm' to represent the total money that Amit gets paid
    2. 'm' is a variable
    1. 'm' is a variable
    1. That's our variable, 'm', which we are using to represent the total money that Amit gets paid
    1. That's our variable, 'm', which we are using to represent the total money that Amit gets paid
    1. We know what 'm' is, we just decided that, so write it down
    2. We are using 'm' to represent the total money that Amit gets paid
    1. Our story is, 'The total money Amit gets paid is equal to 270 dollars'
    1. 'm' is a variable, so it could have been any 'dollar amount' that we choose
    1. 'm' is a variable, so it could have been any 'dollar amount' that we choose
    1. In this case, 'making sense' means that whatever you pick for 'm' has to be a dollar amount, just like $270