Today we have been learning how to create algebraic equations. This is the first step to being able to solve algebraic equations. An equation is a number sentence that has at least one letter (a variable), numbers, an operation sign (x, +, - or /) and an equal sign.

Here are some of the equations we wrote today...

r - 6 = 16

a + 5 = 25

(i x 6 ) + 3 = 75

d x 6 = 24

We realised that we can use any letters to signify the number we don't know but that using o was not a good idea as it looks too much like a zero!

We also learnt that n x 6 can also be written as 6n.

Tomorrow we move on to solving algebraic equations...