Here is a sentence: Aoife has some sweets, and then she gets 5 more.

Watch four word situations turn into expressions on the board. In each one, look for the word that tells us which operation to use.

Now a situation where a number is taken away. The order matters here.

Now a shopping situation, where the same item is bought again and again.

And one where an amount is shared out fairly.

Today we build expressions together, one at a time. Name the operation word before we write the symbols. We will work through these situations:

• 3 more than a number b
• a number k less than 10
• the cost of g apples at 50c each
• a pizza cut into 8 slices shared among s people

Today we work through these, each one a step harder:

• the cost of n match tickets at €12 each
• d days until the school tour, minus 3
• twice the goals scored, plus 1