Question

Erin caught 8 more fish than Juan caught

Is this situation modeled by an expression or equation? How do you know?
Equation, because Erin caught more fish.
Equation, because 8 plus the fish that Juan caught equals
the fish that Erin caught
Expression, because you do not know how many fish
either of them caught
Expression, because the situation does not use the word
equal

Answer 1

Second option: Equation, because 8 plus the fish that Juan caught equals the fish that Erin caught

Explanation:

You can for sure make an equation, all you need is to have variables and that's allowed in this case.

E=J+8

E=Erin J=Juan