1. What kind of operation are you using? This could be addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, or even other operations like exponents.
2. What are the numbers involved? These are the values that you will be using in your calculation.
3. What is the relationship between the numbers? This is what the operation you choose will represent.
For example:
* "What is the total cost of 3 apples if each apple costs $2?"
* Operation: multiplication
* Numbers: 3 and 2
* Relationship: "total cost" means we need to multiply the number of apples by the cost per apple.
* Number sentence: 3 x 2 = 6
Let me know if you have a specific scenario you'd like to write a number sentence for, and I'll be happy to help!