Questions about the Writing Expressions poster

What’s on the Writing Expressions poster?

A 7-row table: In words · In maths. Word problems are translations. These are the phrases and what they become. the sum of 8 and 5 — 8 + 5; the difference of 12 and 4 — 12 − 4; the product of 6 and 7 — 6 × 7; the quotient of 20 and 5 — 20 ÷ 5; 3 more than n — n + 3; 5 less than n — n − 5; twice the sum of 4 and 3 — 2 × (4 + 3). '5 less than n' is n − 5, not 5 − n. Word order and maths order are not the same.

Who is the Writing Expressions poster for?

Writing Expressions is filed under 5th Grade (ages 10–11), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.

When should you use the Writing Expressions poster?

Underline the operation words before writing anything down. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Writing Expressions belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Writing Expressions?

Fraction, Decimal, Percent, Prime Factorisation and Adding Unlike Fractions sit alongside Writing Expressions in the 5th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Fraction, Decimal, PercentPrime FactorisationAdding Unlike Fractions

Is the Writing Expressions poster free to download and print?

Yes. Writing Expressions downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 5th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Writing Expressions poster print at?

Writing Expressions is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Writing Expressions loses nothing.Printing guide