Vocabulary
Identify the variables in the following algebraic expression:
7x + 2y - 2.3 + 9a
What is x, y, a?
Write an algebraic expression to model the following situation:
7 more than one-half of p
What is
0.5p + 7
(p/2) + 7
(1/2)p + 7 ?
Evaluate the following expression for x = 6
29 - x
What is 23?
Identify the coefficients in the following algebraic expression:
9p + 2 + q - 1
What is 9 and 1?
Jim is j years old. Alex is 4 years younger than Jim. Write an expression to indicate how old Alex is in terms of j.
What is j - 4?
Evaluate the following expression for b = 2 and c = 7
5 + b + c
What is 14?
Is this an algebraic expression or an algebraic equation?
3x - 5 = 10
What is an algebraic equation?
Write an algebraic expression to model the following situation:
17 less than the quotient of k and 4
What is (k/4) - 17 ?
Evaluate the following expression for h = 3
9h - 11
What is 16?
What is the constant term in the following expression?
3/y - 5
What is -5?
Write an algebraic expression to model the following situation:
6 less than the product of 8 and k
What is 8k - 6 ?
Evaluate the following expression for x = 5 and b = 9
x(b - 1)
What is 40?
Give a vocabulary word you may see in an algebraic expression for each type of operation.
What is
Addition: sum, more than
Subtraction: less than, difference
Multiplication: product, times
Division: divide, quotient ?
DAILY DOUBLE
Write an algebraic expression to model the following situation:
The product of 3 and the difference of k and 2
What is 3(k-2) ?
Evaluate the following expression for k = 4
48/k2
What is 3?