Name _____ Date __
Ima Thinker
ABC CODE CRACKERS
55
I’ll start with the second
column. A+B+ 6 = 19 , so
A+B= 19 — 6 , or 13. There’s
an Aand a Bin the first column.
I’ll replace them with 13.
1.Why did Ima start with the second column? ____
2.What is the value of C? ___
3.What is the value of A? ___
4.How did you figure out the value of B? ____
SOLVE
THE
PROBLEM20
A
B
C
19
6
B
A
23
C
C
A
Algebra Readiness Made Easy: Gr
. 5
© 2008 by Greenes, Findell & Cavanagh, Scholastic Teaching Resources
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