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Word Problems
Identifying Parts of an Expression
Combine like terms
Evaluating Expressions
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Write an expression for the product of 3 and w.
What is 3w?
1

The garden club earned $15 per hour by weeding neighborhood gardens for t hours. Write an expression to represent the amount the gardening club makes after t hours. 

15t

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3x + 4y + 2z + 9 Identify the constant.
What is 9?
1

10x-8x+2+10

2x+12

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Evaluate p + 9 when p = 6. 

What is 15?

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Write an expression for w less than 15.
What is 15 - w?
3

Angela shared a cab with her friends. When they arrived at their destination, they evenly divided the fare among the 3 of them. Angela also paid a $5 tip. Write an expression for the amount Angela paid if the fare was f dollars.

5+(f /3 )

3

In the algebraic expression 4z + 7p + 18q + 2r identify the number of terms.

What is four? (4z & 7p & 2r & 18q )

3

4p+49+2p

49+6p

3

Evaluate the expression for 8 - g when g is 3.

What is 5?

3

Write an expression for the difference of one fifth of h and 6.

(1/5)h - 6

3

A large cheese pizza costs $18. Each topping you add on costs $1.50.

How much would it cost to get a large cheese pizza with c toppings added?

18+1.5c

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The expression is x + 12. State the coefficient of x.
What is 1?
3

-4+8p-6p-5p+20

16-3p

3

Evaluate the expression for 4w when w is 5.

What is 20?

3

Write an expression for the sum of 8 and m

8+m

3

Mrs. O'Donnell goes to the movie with her friends. She buys tickets for $6.50 each and popcorn for that costs $2 a bag. Write an expression that models the amount of money Mrs. Kramer spent where t is the number of tickets and p is the number of popcorn bags.

6.5t+2p

3

Write an expression with 2 terms where the constant is -18, the variable is x, and the coefficient is 3.

3m-18

3

-4+7m+3z-5m

-4+2m+3z

3

Evaluate the expression 2rz - 9 when r is 2 and z is 5.

What is 11?

4

Write an expression for the quotient of twice g and 5

(2g) / 5

4
Four friends evenly divided up an n-slice pizza. Harris ate 1 fewer slice than he received. How many slices of pizza did Harris eat?

(n/4) - 1

4

In the expression 9p + q - 6w + 8 identify the coefficients, constants, and variables.

Coefficients: 9, 1, -6

Constants: 8

Variables: p, q, w

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4x+2x2+6x-8

10x+2x2-8

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Evaluate the expression 3(x + 4) - w, when x is 3 and w is 8.

What is 13?

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