Matching Equivalent Numerical Expressions Worksheet Download
The SAME four numbers appear in every expression on the sheet. That is what makes the question about the distributive property and the order of operations rather than about digits - if one pair used 5, 6 and 8 and the next used 3, 7 and 9, every match could be made by seeing which numbers appear without applying anything. Two rows are never worth the same amount either, because a matching question has to have exactly one defensible answer per row. The left column mixes factored and expanded forms, so the work runs both ways.
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Matching Equivalent Numerical Expressions
Ten numerical expressions are listed beside a lettered column of equivalent expressions, and students write the matching letter for each.
About this worksheet
Ten numerical expressions are listed beside a lettered column of equivalent expressions, and students write the matching letter for each.
Student objectives
- Apply the distributive property to a numerical expression
- Use the order of operations to evaluate an expression
- Recognize two expressions that name the same number
- Match equivalent expressions without evaluating everything
Everyday practice
- Check that two ways of adding a bill come to the same total
- Split a multiplication into two easier pieces
- See that buying 5 of two items costs the same either way you group it
- Work out a total in the order that is easiest