Writing Equations for Relationships – Part I

Writing Equations For Relationships Part I

Introduction

An equation can be used to represent a relationship between known and unknown quantities. Translating a real-world situation into an equation makes the relationship easier to understand and solve.

Ava is helping her mom with her flower business.

She wants to find out how many bouquets they can make with 84 carnations. She lets b represent the number of bouquets. Since each bouquet needs 12 carnations, she writes the equation 12 times b equals 84.

This equation shows that 12 times the number of bouquets equals 84 carnations. To...