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Each game has 10 questions.
Green box means correct.
Yellow box means incorrect.
Unlock harder levels by getting an average of 80% or higher.
Earn up to 5 stars for each level
The more questions you answer correctly, the more stars you'll unlock!
Each game has 10 questions.
Green box means correct.
Yellow box means incorrect.
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Grade 3 - Patterns and Relations
Standard 3.PR.4 - Practice using addition and subtraction to solve for a variable.
Included Skills:
Solve one-step addition and subtraction equations involving a symbol to represent an unknown number.
• Explain the purpose of the symbol in a given addition or subtraction equation with one unknown; e.g., in the equation 3 + ? = 10, the triangle represents the number that would make the equation true.
• Create an addition or subtraction equation with one unknown to represent a given combining or separating action.
• Provide an alternative symbol for the unknown in a given addition or subtraction equation.
• Solve, using manipulatives, a given addition or subtraction equation with one unknown that represents combining or separating actions.
• Solve a given addition or subtraction equation with one unknown, using a variety of strategies, including guess and test.
• Solve a given addition or subtraction equation when the unknown is on the left or the right side of the equation.
• Explain why the unknown in a given addition or subtraction equation has only one value.
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