Homework Help: 5th grade math

Posted by Samantha on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 5:45pm.

How do you do letter equations?

"Each letter in the equation below represents a different digit from the set (1, 3, 4, 7, 8). find the value of each letter to make the equation true. Each letter must represent only one number throughout the entire problem."

A D D
+ M A D
---------
S U M

5th grade math - bobpursley, Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 5:52pm
well, D+ D= M and maybe a carry digit. From your choices, D has to be 3, and M is 8.
Then D+A=U or 4+A=U with maybe a carry digit if A is 7, or 8
Now finally, A+M=S with no carry digit.
A+8=S so that means M has to be 1, and S...
You finish it.

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