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Translate this phrase into a numerical expression: "twenty less than the quotient of eighteen and 13.8"
What is 18 \div 13.8 - 20 (or \frac{18}{13.8} - 20) ?
What is the very first step you must take when using the order of operations to evaluate 7 - 3(5^3 + 1) \div 6 ?
What is simplifying the power/exponent (5^3) ?
Which property shows that if 3a = 4b, then 4b = 3a?
What is the Symmetric Property of Equality?
What expression determines how far a student's score x% is from the class average test score of 78%?
What is |x-78| ?
Five friends attend a $12 painting class and each buy a lunch for d dollars. Write an expression for the total cost for all 5 friends.
What is 5(12+d) ?
Write an algebraic expression for "4.2 fewer than the product of 12 and a number x."
What is 12x - 4.2?
Evaluate the expression 5x^2 - 11x + 18 when x = -3.
What is 96?
Identify the property used to rewrite
27 + 68 + 32 + 93 as
27 + 93 + 68 + 32
What is the Commutative Property of Addition?
(must specify "of Addition")
Evaluate |m+n| and |-m+n| when m = -5 and n = 7.
What are 2 and 12?
Tonya hiked Trail A (2.4 mi) 5 times, Trail E (6.8 mi) 3 times, and Trail C (9.5 mi) once. What is the total distance she hiked?
What is 41.9 miles?
5(2.4)+3(6.8)+9.5
Translate this algebraic statement into words: 4.2 - (12 + x)
What is "4.2 decreased by the quantity 12 plus a number"?
(or "4.2 minus the sum of 12 and a number")
Evaluate the expression \frac{(-3a + 4b)^3}{|2c - 1|}
when a = 4, b = 2, and c = 3.
What is -64/5 or -12.8 ?
If 15 + 3 = 8 + 10 and 8 + 10 = 18, then 15 + 3 = 18 by this property.
What is the Transitive Property of Equality?
What is the value of 2^4+1/4|9x+2|
when x = -2?
What is 20?
The average song length on in Mr. Alonzo's Spotify playlist is 3 minutes 56 seconds (3.93 minutes). About how many songs should he put on a playlist for a 2.5-hour flight?
What is 38 songs? (or approximately 38 to 40 songs)
Give two different verbal expressions that describe \frac{10}{3} + 4(9)
What are "ten divided by three plus the product of four and nine"
and
"the quotient of ten and three increased by the product of four and nine"?
Evaluate
12^2 - 3[4(\frac{1}{4}) - (18)]
What is 195?
Which property allows you to expand (3 1/2)(14) as 3(14)+1/2(14) ?
What is the Distributive Property?
Given the expressions A: 2+|x^2-8|+10 and B: 3x+7|4-15|-13 , determine which expression has the greater value when x=2 .
What is Expression B?
(A = 16 and B = 70, so B is greater)
Monique buys 5 cans of dark red kidney beans ($0.69 each) and 5 cans of diced tomatoes ($1.29 each) for her chili.
Write an expression using the Distributive Property to find the total cost, and evaluate it.
What is 5(0.69+1.29)=5(1.98)=$9.90
Mental Math: 5(1.98)=5(2-0.02)=10-0.10=9.90
A grocery store sells peaches for p dollars per bag and apples for a dollars per bag. Write an expression for the total cost of 3 bags of peaches and 10 bags of apples.
What is 3p + 10a ?
Determine if this statement is True or False:
\frac{7^2 - 8(5) - 1}{8} + 12(1/12) = 1
What is False?
\frac{49 - 40 - 1}{8} + 1 = \frac{8}{8} + 1 = 2
Name the property used to simplify (6x^2-9x-24)(2/3) down to 4x^2-6x-16 .
What is the Distributive Property?
Name two expressions that are algebraically equivalent to |9-x| when x>9
What are |x-9| and |x| - 9 ?
Banks evaluate investment properties using the Price-to-Rent Ratio formula:
"Price-to-rent Ratio" = "Purchase Price"/"Annual Rent"
Determine which property is the better investment (lower ratio):
Property A: Costs $120,000 with monthly rent of $1,000
Property B: Costs $180,000 with monthly rent of $2,000
What is Property B?
Property A: 10; Property B: 7.5
Property B has the lower ratio, making it a better investment