Equations
Solve for x.
2(3x + 4) = 22
What is x=7/3?
(Alternate answer: 2.3 repeating)
Simplify:
4x + 3x − 2
What is 7x - 2?
Numerical sentence that says two things are equal to each other.
What is an Equation?
During a Juneteenth celebration, a community center plans to host a barbecue. They order 18 trays of food, each containing 24 servings. They plan to distribute the food equally among 12 tables. How many servings will each table get?
What is 36 servings?
Write the expression:
Three times a number, increased by 5, minus the product of the number and 4.
What is 3x + 5 − 4x?
Solve for a when b=2.
4a − 5b = 3(2a + 1)
What is a=-13/2?
Simplify:
5(a + 2) − 3a
What is 2a +10?
Describe the two characteristics that define a 'Like Term'.
What is the same variable(s) and exponent?
For the Kwanzaa celebration, a family prepares a special feast. They make 15 large dishes, each serving 24 people. They decide to invite 8 more families to join the celebration. If each family (including the host) receives an equal share of the total servings, how many servings does each family get?
What is 40 servings?
Write the expression:
Twice the difference between a number and 5.
What is 2(x - 5)?
Solve for x when y=8, and z=6.
(2x + y) / 4 = z
What is x=8?
Simplify:
2x + 3y − 4z + 6x − 5y
What is 8x - 2y - 4z?
Numbers, symbols, and operators grouped together that show the value of something.
What is an Expression?
During Diwali, families in India often decorate their homes with oil lamps called Diyas. If a family places 25 rows of Diyas along their garden path, with each row containing 14 Diyas, and they distribute the Diyas equally into 5 sections of the garden, how many Diyas are there in each section?
What is 70 Diays?
Write the expression:
The sum of three times a number and 8, minus 4.
What is 3x + 8 - 4?
Solve for p when q=1.
3(p + 2q) - 4 = 5q + 2p
What is p=3?
Simplify:
3p(2 + q) − 4q
What is 6p + 3pq - 4q?
Define Inverse Operation.
What is...
...The operation that reverses the effect of another operation?
For Carnevale in Italy, a costume designer creates masks for a parade. She makes 11 batches of masks, with each batch containing 18 masks. She decides to keep 1/5 of the total masks for her store. How many masks will she sell at the parade?
What is 158.4 masks?
Write the expression:
Four times a number, plus the product of the number and 3, minus 10, and then subtracted by 5.
What is 4x + 3x − 10 − 5?
Solve for x when y=3.
(3(2x - 4) - 5(y + 2)) / 2 = x + y
What is x=10.75
Simplify:
2(x + 3y) − 4z + 5(x − y) + 3z
What is 7x + y - z?
When a number is directly outside a set of parenthesis and is used to solve/simplify a numerical sentence.
What is Distributive Property?
For the Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico, a baker makes pan de muerto (bread of the dead). She bakes 8 trays of bread, each tray with 7 pieces of bread. She plans to donate half of the bread to a local community center. How many pieces of bread will she have left to sell in her bakery?
What is 28 pieces?
Write the expression:
Two times a number, increased by the product of the number and 5, minus the sum of three times the number and 12.
What is 2x + 5x - (3x + 12)?