A symbol or letter that takes the place of a number.
What is variable?
100
7 sticks of clay are shared equally among 28 students. Each stick weights c grams. Write an algebraic expression for the weight of the clay each student receives.
What is c/4 grams?
100
Evaluate 3x+2x+x-1/2x for x=3
What is 16 1/2?
100
Simplify the expression 0.7p+0.9p
What is 1.6p?
100
Gillian thinks of a number y. She multiplies it by 3 and then subtracts 9 from the product. Write an expression for Gillian's number. Evaluate the expression if y=12.
What is 3y-9?
When y=12, the answer is 25.
200
Parts of an expression separated by addition and subtraction signs.
What are terms?
200
A fruit punch makes 7 quarts when made with r quarts of orange juice. This time it is being made with 30% less orange juice. Write an expression for the number of quarts of fruit punch made this time.
What is 7-0.3r quarts of fruit punch?
200
Evaluate 5y+2 minus 2y+5 for y=7
What is 18?
200
Simplify the expression m+2/3m
What is 5/3m or 1 2/3m?
200
A rectangle has a width of x cm. and a perimeter of 8x cm. What is the length of the rectangle in terms of x?
What is 3x cm.
300
A term without a variable.
What is a constant?
300
A retailer doubles the value of a coupon worth t dollars on a purchase of $15. Write an algebraic expression for the final cost of the purchase.
What is -2t+15 dollars?
300
The quotient of (y/2+2y/3) and (5y/6-y/3) for y=7
What is 2 1/3?
300
The length of a rectangular garden is 2y ft. and the width is 3.3ft.
The length of a second rectangular garden is 5 ft. and the width is 1.3y ft.
What is the combined area of the two gardens in simplest form in terms of y?
What is 13.1y square feet?
300
There are n apples in a box but 5 are too green to eat. Aaron and Barry share the ripe apples in a ratio of 2:3. How many ripe apples does Barry get?
What is 3/5n-3 ripe apples?
400
A number that is multiplied by a variable.
What is a coefficient?
400
John's farm has a rectangular shape. It's width is x yards. Its length is 6 yards more than 1/3 of the width. Write an algebraic expression for the perimeter of John's farm.
What is 8/3x+12 square yards or 2 2/3x+12 yards?
400
a*b*c/c, for a=-2, b=3, c=-4
What is -6?
400
Simplify the expression -3(-2/3a+1/5) using the distributive property.
What is 2a-3/5
500
Terms that have the same variable.
What are like terms?
500
When 18 boys joined a group of y students, the ratio of boys to girls in the group became 4:5. Write an algebraic expression for the number of girls in terms of y.