Writing Expressions
Fern has 7 red pens and b blue pens. How many pens does Fern have?
What is "7 + b" pens?
Roger bought some used CDs at a garage sale. He gave 9 CDs to his dad and kept 12 of them for himself. How many CDs did Roger buy at the garage sale?
What is "c - 9 = 12" or "c - 12 = 9" or "9 + 12 = c" or 12 + 9 = c"?
18 + x = 36
What is "x = 18"?
The bill with the greatest value ever printed in the United States had a value of 10^5 (ten to the fifth power) dollars. What is that dollar amount?
What is $100,000
A(n) _________________ is an unknown part of an equation, represented by a letter.
What is a variable?
Sarah had 15 quarters. She used q quarters in the vending machine. How many quarters does Sarah have left?
What is "15 - q" quarters?
Felicia and Sam sold 103 muffins at the bake sale. Felicia sold 25 muffins. How many muffins did Sam sell at the bake sale?
What is "45 + s = 103" or "s + 45 = 103" or "103 - 45 = s" or 103 - s = 45"?
x + 45 = 88
What is "x = 43"?
J.J. is making a patio in his yard. He needs a total of 15^2 (fifteen squared) concrete blocks to cover the area. How many blocks does John need?
What is 225 blocks.
n/5 = 20, solve for the value of n.
What is n = 100.
Macy had d dollars. She gave half of her dollars to charity. How many dollars did she give to charity.
What is "1/2 d" dollars?
Francine walked 44 miles last month on her days off. She walked 4 miles each time. How many days did Francine have off?
What is "4d = 44" or "44/4 = d" or 44/d = 4"?
x/3 = 10
What is "x = 30"?
Which is a way to write 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 with exponents and two bases?
What is 2^3 x 5^2
What are the 4 inequalities?
What is greater than, less than, greater than or equal to, and less than or equal to.
A candy company divided c bags of candy into 12 boxes. How many bags of candy are in each box?
What is "c/12" bags?
Alison took 51 candy bars and split them into groups to give out for Halloween. She put 3 bars in each group. How many bunches did Alison make?
What is "51/3 = b" or "51/b = 3" or "3b = 51"
15 * x = 75
What is "x = 5"?
Mascie placed 2^4 (two to the fourth power) books onto each of 5 shelves. How many books did she place on the shelves in all?
What is 80 books.
A(n) ________________ is a combination of numbers, variables, and symbols that illustrate a mathematical relationship
What is an expression?
Five times the sum of 4 and t
What is "5(4 + t)"?
The sum of 13 and the quotient of 6 and x is equal to 15.
What is "13 + 6/x = 15"?
x/7 - 4 = 3
What is "x = 1"?
Evaluate the expression. 4^2 + 3 (7 - 2) + 4
What is 35.
3.8 + 1.2 + n = 20, solve for the value of n.
What is n = 15