standard_description: Identify when two expressions are equivalent (i.e., when the two expressions name the same number regardless of which value is substituted into them). For example, the expressions y + y + y and 3y are equivalent because they name the same number regardless of which number y stands for.
problem_activity: Task
Write as many equations for each picture as you can.
Use the numbers 4, 1, and 5.
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Here are some equations for this picture. $$4+1=5 \hskip4em 5 = 4+1$$ $$5-1=4 \hskip4em 4=5-1$$ Can you find more equations?
Use the numbers 3, 5, and 8.
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Use the numbers 4, 4, and 8.
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Use the numbers 4, 5, and 9.
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Draw your own picture and write all the equations you can think of to describe it.


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