

Writing expressions from story
Writing expressions from story
Last updated at May 27, 2025 by Teachoo
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Example 8 Children in a class are playing “Fire in the mountain, run, run, run!”. Whenever the teacher calls out a number, students are supposed to arrange themselves in groups of that number. Whoever is not part of the announced group size, is out. Ruby wanted to rest and sat on one side. The other 33 students were playing the game in the class. The teacher called out ‘5’. For group of 5 Example 8 Children in a class are playing “Fire in the mountain, run, run, run!”. Whenever the teacher calls out a number, students are supposed to arrange themselves in groups of that number. Whoever is not part of the announced group size, is out. Ruby wanted to rest and sat on one side. The other 33 students were playing the game in the class. The teacher called out ‘5’. 33 people, divided into groups of 5 So, we express it as 5 × 6 + 3 33 people, divided into groups of 4 So, we express it as 4 × 8 + 1 33 people, divided into groups of 7 So, we express it as 7 × 4 + 5