Evaluate Expressions
Awesome Algebra
Use Algebraic Expressions
Combine Like Terms & Properties
Equivalent Expressions
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April has 4² power songs on her MP3 player. Write what number this is equivalent to ?
What is 16
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Apply the associative or commutative property to the following expression and identify which property you used. (9 + m) + 2m =
What is 9 + (m + 2m), 9 + 3m commutative property
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Jeremy's teacher buys 6 packs of thumbtacks. Each pack contains t thumbtacks. She uses 18 thumbtacks to display posters around her classroom. Which expression gives the number of thumbtacks she has left? A. 3(6 – t) B. 3( t – 6) C. 6( t – 3) D. 6(3 – t)
What is 6( t – 3)
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Debbie is n years old. Edna is 3 years older than Debbie, and Shawn is twice as old as Debbie. The expression n + n + 3 + 2 n gives the sum of their ages. Simplify the expression by combining like terms.
What is 4n + 3
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Use the properties of operations to determine whether the expressions are equivalent. 9a * 3 and 12a
What is 27a and 12a, not equivalent
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There are 5,280 feet in 1 mile. Which expression gives the number of feet in m miles?
What is 5,280m
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4 × 22² + 6 ÷ 3 - (4 + 4.9)
What is 9.1
200
Jolene made 8 pink bracelets using b beads on each bracelet and 7 blue bracelets with b beads on each bracelet. Which expression that gives the total number of beads she used? A. 56 b B. 15 b C. 8( b + 7) D. 7(8 + b)
What is 15 b
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Sneakers cost $44 and socks cost $9. The expression 44 p + 9 p gives the total cost for buying a pair of sneakers and a pair of socks for p people. Which is another way to write this expression?
What is 53 p
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Use the properties of operations to determine whether the expressions are equivalent. 8p + 0 and 8p * 0
What is 8p and 0, not equivalent.
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Which expression has a value of 35? A. 7 + (2² – 3) + 4 × 4 B. 3 × (7² – 4) × 4 + 2 C. 4² + 3 × (7 – 2) + 4 D. 2² × 7 – (4 + 4) × 3
What is 4² + 3 × (7 – 2) + 4
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Jessica is knitting a scarf. She has completed 7.5 inches and can knit at the rate of 2 inches per hour. Write an expression that can be used to find the number of inches she will have completed after h hours. Then evaluate the expression for h = 4.
What is 7.5 + 2h; 15.5 inches
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The expression 500 v gives the number of points a player earns for completing v voyages in a video game. How many points are earned for completing 8 voyages?
What is 4,000
300
Ramon bought 6 packs of football cards, p packs of hockey cards, and 4 p packs of baseball cards. Ramon wrote this number sentence to find the total number of cards he bought. (6 + p) + 4 p = 6 + ( p+ 4 p) Which property did Ramon use?
What is Associative Property of Addition
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Use the properties of operations to determine whether the expressions are equivalent. 6(w + 5w) and 36w
What is 6w+30w which is 36w and 36w, equivalent
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A bicyclist travels 15 h miles in h hours. Which best describes the value of h? A. a single unknown number B. any nonnegative number C. any whole number D. any integer
What is any nonnegative number
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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
400
Heidi bought 5 pepperoni pizzas and 6 cheese pizzas for a party. Each pepperoni pizza was cut into 8 pieces and each cheese pizza was cut into 10 pieces. There were 9 pieces of pizza left. The expression (5 × 8) + (6 × 10) - 9 gives the number of pieces that were eaten. Which describes a part in this expression?
What is the product of 5 and 8
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Scarves cost $12 and snowmen pins cost $2. Shipping is $3 per order. The expression 12 n + 2 n + 3 gives the cost, in dollars, of buying scarves with pins for n people. Which is another way to write this expression?
What is 14 n + 3
400
Jessica buys 4 packets of movie cards and adds these to the 13 cards she already had. Write and algebraic expression for the total number of cards Samantha has.
What is 4m+ 13
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It costs $15 per month for membership at a baseball club. Members pay $5 for game tickets. Miguel has $50 to spend at the baseball club this month. Will he be able to attend 8 games this month? Explain how you know.
What is It costs $15 to be in the club and $5 per game, and $15 + $5(8) = $15 + $40 = $55. This amount is more than $50, so Miguel cannot attend 8 games this month.
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Tickets for the school play cost $17 each. Gary wrote the expression n × 17 to find the cost of n tickets to the play. He used the Distributive Property to find the product. Use the Distributive Property to write Gary's expression another way.
What is (n × 10) + (n × 7) or n (10 + 7)
500
The expression 180 × ( n – 2) gives the sum of the measures of the angles, in degrees, of a polygon with n sides. What is the sum of the measures of the angles in a polygon with 8 sides?
What is 1,080 degrees
500
Martin is making curtains. He buys 6 yards of fabric that cost p dollars per yard and 8 yards of fabric that cost q dollars per yard. The total amount of his purchase is given by the expression 6 p + 8 q. What are the terms of this expression?
What is 6p and 8q
500
Ian had 4 cases of comic books and 6 adventure books. Each case holds c comic books. He gave 1 case of comic books to his friend. Which expression gives the total number of books Ian has left? A. 3c + 6 B. 4c + 5 C. 3c - 6 D. 4c - 5
What is A. 3c + 6
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