Algebraic Expressions

Expressions

100

There are c cards in Mike's store. In a month people buy 100 cards.

c-100

200

y decreased by fifteen, plus ten.

y-15+10

300

Chris has 20 Hershey Kisses. He eats r Kisses and then buys 10 more.

20-r+10

400

There are p people living in Houston. In 2 months 1,000 people leave Houston to live somewhere else.

p-1,000

500

Paul has g dollars in the bank. He and his wife decide to buy a new house that cost $100,000. After they bought the house they bought insurance that cost 1,000 dollars.

$g-$100,000-1,000

Expressions

100

There are t trees at Tom's ranch. In 10 years 30 more trees grow.

t+30

200

At the age of 6 John is g inches tall. By the time he is 20, he has grown 25 inches.  

g+25

300

y times 13 minus 4 plus 24

13y-4+24

400

f decreased by 10 and increased by 6,035

f-10+6,035

500

There are k books at the downtown library. In the next month they get 100 more books. In the next year they get 700 more books.

k+100+700

Expressions

100

d divided into 222 plus 32

222/d+32

200

There are four kids who put all of their candy in a pile. Once they counted all the candy and it was g pieces of candy. They then divided the candy equally among each other.

g/4

300

At the company there are t workers. In the company there are 10 ten different jobs in the company. So the boss has to divide the people into even groups of people for the jobs.

t/10

400

f divided into 323 plus 99 divided by 6

(323/f+99)/6

500

An electrician charges $45 per hour and spends $20 a day on gasoline.  How much does he earn each day? 

45x - 20

Expressions

100

sum of 10 and x times 22

22x +10

200

There are t catfish left in the lake. In two years the population of catfish grows 20 times the old population plus 30 more

20t+30

300

Mrs. Richy has d candies left for her students. So she buys 15 times the amount of candy she had.

15d

400

5 less than twice a number

2x - 5

500

Jenny earns $30 a day working part time at Starbucks.  Write an algebraic expression to represent the amount of money she will earn in d hours. 

30/d

Expressions

100

There are f schools in Texas. In Florida there are c schools. How many schools are there altogether?

f+c

200

difference of g and 3

g-3

300

1,000,000 times k and divided by 42

1,000,000xk/42

400

There are t people that attend Cal State Fullerton. This year 2,643 graduated and 1,000 started there first year at Cal State Fullerton.

t-2,643+1,000

500

A box of popcorn costs $1.50.  A candy bar costs $1.00.  How much money can be collected by selling p popcorn and c candy bars?

1.50p + 1.00c