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Change Missing Number Problems into Algebra (2)

In this worksheet, students express missing number problems algebraically.

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'Change Missing Number Problems into Algebra (2)' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 4 11+ worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Maths and Numerical Reasoning

Curriculum subtopic:   Equations and Algebra

Difficulty level:  

Worksheet Overview

When we use algebra, we use letters to stand for numbers that we are trying to find.

Algebra is like a language with its own rules.

 

a stands for a number.

 

a + 2 is 2 more than the number.

a - 7 is 7 less than the number.

5a is 5 times the number. (N.B. We don't use the × sign in algebra because it looks like the letter x.)

a/4 or ¼a is a quarter of the number or the number divided by 4. (N.B. We don't use the ÷ sign in algebra.)

 

 

Example

I think of a number.

I double it and take away 5. 

Then I add this to half the original number.

I get 20.

 

Write this using algebra.

Use n for the number I think of.

 

Answer

n is the number I think of.

Double it to get 2n.

Take away 5 to get 2n - 5.

Then add this to ½n to give 2n - 5 + ½n .

This equals 20.

So we write:

2n - 5 + ½n = 20

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