Writing an Expression from a Story
Three friends pay some amount of money, x, per ticket to attend a concert. Write an expression to represent how much it cost them in total.
3x
Evaluate 7 + 7 x 3
What is 28?
Name the underlined part of the expression:
3x + 9y -2
What is a variable?
Maddie sells bracelets for $4 and necklaces for $8. Write an expression to represent how much money she would make selling b bracelets and n necklaces.
4b+8n
What is g/45?
Name the underlined part of the expression:
16z - 32
What is a coefficient?
Liam and two friends drive m miles. They split up the drive equally. Write an expression to represent how many miles each person drove.
m/3
Evaluate 32 - 4
Name the underlined part of the expression.
62b + 8
What is a constant?
Evaluate c2 + 14; c = 5
Allie is building a fence for her rectangular yard. The width of her yard is x feet and the length is twice the width. Write an expression to represent the amount of fence she needs to build.
6x
Evaluate 3(4) + 32 - 9
Name the underlined part of the expression.
5t - 7 + 9f
What is an algebraic term?
Taylor has n nickels and d dimes in her pocket. Write an expression to represent the amount of money she has.
0.05n+0.10d
Name all of the coefficients in this expression.
6b - 4u + 7p - 8
What are 6, -4 and 7?
Evaluate ab2 - 18; a = 6 and b = 3