Expressions Jeopardy 6th Grade

Writing Expressions

100

Write an expression for the product of 3 and w.

What is 3w?

200

Write an expression for 15 less than w.

What is w - 15?

300

Write an expression for the difference of twice p and 9.

What is 2p - 9?

400

Beverly and Ava are decorating cookies. They have already decorated 12 cookies and they decorate 10 cookies per hour. Write an expression that shows how many cookies they decorate in all, based on x hours. 

12 + 10x   or   10x + 12

500

Write an expression for the difference of r and 8 times 9.

9(r - 8)   or    (r - 8) * 9

Parts of an Expression

100

2z + 9 Identify the constant.

What is 9?

200

Identify the coefficient:  2z + 9

2

300

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

four

400

The expression is x + 12. State the coefficient of x.

What is 1?

500

What is the constant in this expression?  9x - 4

-4

Simplifying Expressions

100

4p + 2p 

What is 6p?

200

4(x - 5)

4x - 20

300

4x + 3 + 8x + 7

12x + 10

400

9p + 8 + 3r + 2p - 2r

11p + 1r + 8

500

5(2x + 6) + 12x

22x + 30

Evaluating Expressions

100

Evaluate p + 9 when p = 6.

15

200

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

5

300

Evaluate the expression for 4w + 2 when w is 5.

22  (cue Taylor Swift)

400

Evaluate the expression rz - 9 when r is 7 and z is 4.

19

500

Evaluate the expression x^2  - 5   when x=4

11