Word Problems
System of Equations
Distributing
Factoring using GCF
Combining Like-Terms
Equivalent Expressions
100

You have two numbers. The sum of the two numbers is 14. The difference of the two numbers is 4. What are the two numbers.

5 and 9 

100

y = 2

2y + x = 9

y = 2

x = 5   ( 5 , 2 )

100

3 (2x + 3)

6x + 9

100

-5y + 35x 

5(y + 7x)

100

3x + 2x + 10 

5x + 10 

100

Write an equivalent expression for 

x + x + x + x + 20

4x + 20

or

4(x + 5)

200

Over the Summer two students have been assigned to read a book. Ashley has read 500 pages of her reading assignment, and Genesis has read 460 pages. Ashley reads 20 pages per week for the remainder of the summer, and Genesis reads 30 pages per week for the remainder of the summer. How many weeks, M, will it take before the student read the same number of pages?

W = 4

200

y = -4x + 2

y = 6x - 8

( 1 , -2 ) 

X = 1    y = -2

200

-(3x-5y+17)

-3x + 5y - 17

200

35x3 + 15x2y2

5x2(7x + 3y) 

200

10x - 5y + 9x

19x - 5y

200

Write an equivalent expression for

5x2 - 4x + 9x2

x(5x - 4 + 9x)

300

Eder order 3 hamburgers and 2 orders of fries for a total of $29.50. Ada orders 2 burgers and 3 orders of fries for a total of $23. set up a system of equations to find the cost of a burger and the cost of an order of fries.

H = 8.5


F=2

300

y = -4x - 11

3x + 7y = -2 

( -3 , 1 )

x= -3      y = 1

300

2(2y + 2x)

4x + 4y

300

3x2 + 18x + 9

3(x2 + 6x +3)

300

100x2 - 37y + 15 - 100x + 36y

100x2 - 100x - y + 15

300

Which of the following is an equivalent expression to

5(x + 4) -(2x + 1) 

A: 7x - 21 

B: 3x + 19

C: x + 20

B: 3x + 19

400

Micah and Lorenzo are racing on a track. Micah runs 4 milers per hour and gets a .25 mile head start. Lorenzo runs 0.5 miles per hour faster than Micah. If Lorenzo and Micah run the same distance, how many hours, H, do they run? 

 H = 0.5

400

6x + 5y = 4

6x - 7y = -20

( -1 , 2 )

X = -1     y = 2

400
3(3x + 5b) -5(3y - 4a)

-20a + 15b + 9x - 15y

400

6x2y + 14xy2 - 42xy

2xy(3x + 7y - 21)

400

20x2 + 32 + 14 - 15x

20x2 - 15x + 23

400
x + x + x + x + x + x + 5(x - 30) 

13x - 150

500

Braulio's Custom Kitchen Supplies sells handmade forks and spoons. It cost the store $2 to buy supplies to make a fork and $3 to buy the supplies to make a spoon. The store sells forks for $5 and spoons for $7. Last April Braulio's Custom Kitchen Supplies spent $12 on materials for forks and spoons. They sold the finished product for a total of $29. How many forks and how many spoons did they make last April?

S = 2

F = 3

500

4x + 5y = 6

6x - 7y = -20

( 29 , -22 ) 

x = 29     y = -22

500

-2(-3x + 11) + 10(4x - 10)

48x - 122

500

20x8y2z2 + 15x5y3z + 35x3y3z

5x3y2z(4x5z + 3x2 + 7y)

500

15x- 14x5 + 13x4 - 12x3 + 11x2 - 10x + 9 - 8x6 + 7x- 6x4 + 5x3 - 4x2 + 3x - 2

7x6 - 7x5 + 7x4 - 7x3 + 7x2 - 7x + 7 

500

5x(20x + 4 + 7y) - 15y

100x2 + 20x + 35xy - 15y