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Mathematics (Grade 7)

Expressions and Equations

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Expressions and Equations: Multi-Step Problems and Reasonableness

Solving Multi-Step Problems

Description

Solving Multi-Step Problems

Introduction

Multi-step problems require more than one calculation. Organizing the information into ordered steps makes it easier to find an accurate solution.

Theory

Transcript

The seventh-grade basketball championship has just ended, and Marcus’s younger sister Lily wants to know how many points he scored that night.

Marcus did not keep count, but he remembers his shots: 8 two-point baskets, 3 three-point baskets, and 5 free throws worth one point each.

To find the total, Lily first writes the whole game a...

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