Exponents
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?
Evaluate the expression 180 x (n - 2) when n = 10.
What is 1,440?
There are 16 ounces in 1 pound. Write an expression that gives the number of ounces in pounds. Use p to represent pounds.
What is 16p?
The expression 12n + 2n + 3 gives the cost, in dollars, of buying scarves with pins for n people. What is the variable in this expression?
What is n?
Evaluate:
4+3×2
What is 10?
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?
Evaluate the expression 500v when v = 8.
What is 4,000?
The length of a swimming pool is 5 feet shorter than twice the width. Let w represent the width. Write an expression that gives the length of the swimming pool.
What is 2w - 5?
Sandwiches cost $5, french fries cost $3, and drinks cost $2. The expression 5n + 3n + 2n gives the total cost, in dollars for buying a sandwiches at $5, fries at $3, and drinks at $2 for n people. How many terms are in this expression?
What is 3 terms?
Evaluate:
(5+2)×3
What is 21?
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?
Evaluate the expression (p/20) x 4 when p = 60.
What is 12?
The price of a skateboard is $5 less than 3 times the price of a pair of knee pads. Let k represent the price of the knee pads. Write an expression that gives the price of the skateboard.
What is 3k - 5?
The expression 6p + 5n gives the number of bars in p boxes of plain granola bars and n boxes of granola bars with nuts. What are the coefficients of the expression?
What are 6 and 5?
Evaluate:
18÷(3+3)+2^2
What is 7?
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?
Evaluate the expression 400t + 100s, when t = 3 and s = 8.
What is 2,000?
Caleb bought jeans for $16 each. Let j represent the amount of jeans Caleb bought. He gave the cashier $80. Write an expression to represent the amount of change Caleb will receive. (assuming he does not spend more than he has)
What is 80 - 16j?
The expression 15n + 5n + 5 gives the cost, in dollars, of buying calculators, notebooks and a pencil sharpener for a class of n students. What is the constant in this expression?
What is 5?
Evaluate:
4^2 + 3 (7 - 2) + 4
What is 35?
Evaluate the expression. 4^2 + 3 (7 - 2)^2
What is 91?
Evaluate the formula P = 2 (l + w) for a soccer field with a length (l) of 120 yards and a width (w) of 75 yards.
What is 390?
On Saturday, Austin planted 10 rows of tomato plants with p plants in each row. On Sunday, he planted 6 rows of pepper plants with p plants in each row. Write an expression that gives the total number of plants Austin planted this weekend.
What is 10p + 6p or 16p?
The expression 16u + 18u represents the cost, in dollars, of buying the shirts and shorts for u uniforms. What are the terms of this expression?
What are 16u and 18u?
Evaluate:
[(4+1)^2−9]÷2
What is 8?