Puzzling Patterns
Exciting Expressions
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3, 5, 7, 9, 11, ___
What is 13?
100
12 more than a number
What is n + 12?
100
Rachel(R) spent twice as much money at the book fair as Ben (B).
What is R = 2B or B = R/2?
100
3x + 4 = y x = 12 y = ?
What is y = 40?
100
17 = 2x + 1 x = ?
What is x = 8?
200
4, 10, 22, 46, _____
What is 94?
200
the quotient of a number and 5
What is n/5?
200
Mrs. Faircloth(F) has 1/3 as many shoes as Mrs. Smith(S) has in her closet.
What is S/3 = F or 3F = S?
200
54 + x/2 = y x = 16 y = ?
What is y = 62?
200
13s + 12 = 64 s = ?
What is s = 4?
300
9, 40, 195, _____
What is 970?
300
4 more than 7 times a number
What is 4 + 7n?
300
Walker(W) and Nate(N) had a homerun derby. Nate hit more homers than Walker but the difference was only 2.
What is N - W = 2 or 2 + W = N?
300
15x - 4 = y x = 6 y = ?
What is y = 86?
300
144/k + 12 = 24 k = 12
What is k = 12?
400
13, 39, 65, 91, _____
What is 117?
400
8 divided by a number times 9
What is 9(8/n)?
400
Reece(R) had 3 more than twice as many vocabulary words as his older brother, Gunnar(G).
What is 3 + 2G = R?
400
y = x/12 + 22 x = 84 y = ?
What is y = 29?
400
25b - 17 = 233 b = 10
What is b = 10?
500
1, 3, 11, 123, ______
What is 15,131?
500
the product of 6 and a number divided by 3 added to 16
What is (6n/3) + 16?
500
Ali (A) ate 4 less than 3 times the number of pieces of pizza that her dad(D) ate for dinner last night.
What is 3D - 4 = A?
500
y = x (7x -12) x = 7 y = ?
What is y = 259?
500
21t + 1200 = 1368 t = ?
What is t = 8?
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