What does the variable represent?
Amber is 5 years older than Kaleb. This is represented by the equation x+5. What does x represent in this situation?
Kaleb's Age
Cleo bought p bottles of Prime. Patrick bought 3 more bottles of prime than Cleo. In terms of p, which expression represents the number of bottles of prime Patrick bought?
A. p+ 3
B. p - 3
C. 3p
D. p/3
A. p + 3
Ana bought a p pencils for $2 each, and one eraser for $1. Which expression represents the situation?
A. 2 + 1 + p
B. 2p + 1
C. 2(p+1)
D. 3p
B. 2p + 1
Susan is 2 years older than her brother. If b represents her brother's age, write an expression to represent Susan's age.
b + 2
Luis has 5 fewer Pokemon cards than Carlos. This is represented by the equation p - 5. What does p represent in this situation?
The number of cards Carlos has
August has b books. Jane has 7 fewer books than August. In terms of b, which expression represents this situation?
A. b + 7
B. b - 7
C. 7b
D. b/7
B. b - 7
Sam is playing a video game. She earned x points for leveling up 3 times, and a bonus of 15 points. Which expression represents the situation?
A. 3x + 15
B. 3x + 15x
C. 3 + 15x
D. 18x
A. 3x + 15
Carlos bought 3 fewer Jolly Ranchers than Juan. If j represents the number of Jolly Ranchers Juan bought, write an expression to represent how many Jolly ranchers Carlos bought.
j - 3
The Thomas Titans Basketball Team scored twice as many points as the Locburn Lions. This is represented by the expression 2p. What does p represent in this situation?
The number of points the Locburn Lions scored
The Thomas Titans Volleyball team scores v points. The Lochburn Lions Volleyball teams scores 3 times as many points. In terms of v, which expression represents the situation?
A. v + 3
B. v - 3
C. 3v
D. 3(v+3)
C. 3v
A charges a $50 one-time joining fee, plus $20 per month. Which expression represents the amount someone would pay to join the gym for m months?
A. 50m + 20
B. 20m + 50
C. 20 + 50
D. 20m + 50m
B. 20m + 50
The Thomas Titans scored twice as many points as the Hudtloff Hurricanes. If the Hurricanes scored h points, write an expression to represent how many points the Titans scored.
2h
Steve has 5 more than twice as many Titan Tokens as Jay. This is represented by the expression 2t + 5. What does t represent in this situation?
The number of Titan Tokens Jay has
On a video game, Luke scored twice as many points as Jonah. If j represents the number of points Jonah scored, which expression represents the situation?
A. j+2
B. j - 2
C. j/2
D. 2j
D. 2j
3 friends go to the movies. They each buy a ticket and buy a popcorn to share. If popcorn costs p dollars and each ticket costs t dollars, which expression could represent the total amount paid for the tickets and popcorn?
A. t + p
B. t + p + 3
C. 3p + t
D. 3t + p
E. 3(t+ p)
D. 3t + p
Mrs. Brewer took her kids to the movies.
Adult tickets cost $15.75. Child tickets cost $9.50.
Mrs. Brewer bought one adult ticket and c child tickets.
Write an expression to represent how much she paid at the movies.
15.75 + 9.50c
A sweater is on sale for 50% off the regular price. This is represented by the expression 0.5s. What does s represent in this situation?
The regular price of the sweater
If c represents the number of students in the class, which expression represents half of the class? Select all that apply.
A.
c+2
B.
c/2
C.
(1/2)c
D.
0.5c
B, C, or D
A cell phone company charges $8 per day plus $0.50 for each text message. Which expression gives the charge in dollars for n text messages in a day?
A. 0.50n + 8
B. 0.50 + 8n
C. 8.50n
D. 0.50n + 8n
A. 0.50n + 8
Jolly Ranchers cost $1.50 each and Hi Chews cost $0.75 each. Write an expression to represent how much it would cost to purchase j Jolly Ranchers and h Hi Chews
1.50j + 0.75h