Integer Rules
Translating Expressions
Simplifying Expressions
Writing Expressions
Distributive & Zero/Ones
100

-15 + - 6 = ?

What is -21?

100
The difference of 8 and a number
What is 8 - a?
100

Simplify:

r(6r + 7 + 9y)

What is 6r2 + 7r + 9ry?

100

 Samantha buys four notebooks and a $3 book.  Write an expression for how much money Samantha spends.

What is 4x+3?

x=cost of one notebook

100

Are these expressions equivalent?  Why or why not?
y + 7 + 2 = 7 + y + 2

What is yes, they are?

Order doesn’t matter with addition

200

- 9 – 3 – 4 = ?

What is -16?

200
2 times the sum of 6 and p
What is 2(6+p)?
200
Simplify 6(f + 2f + 3).
What is 18f+18?
200

I baked a batch of cookies.  I gave 4 cookies to my sister and split the rest with my friend. Write an expression for how many cookies I have now.

What is 

(x-4)/2

x=number of cookies baked

200

 0x + 1x + 1x + 0y +1y

What is 2x + y?

300

35 + (-8 – 2) - 20

What is 5?

300
The product of 3 and a number plus 8
What is 3b+8?
300
Simplify 5(3g+2h+5g).
What is 40g + 10h?
300

Bob earns $8 per hour at his job bussing tables.  He also gets $15 in tips at the end of a shift.

What is 8x + 15?
x = the number of hours Bob works

300

Use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression:
21 – 7x = ?

What is  7( 3 – x )?

400

6[(-17 – 11 - 8)]

What is -216?

400
5(u-2)
What is 5 times the difference of u and 2?
400
Simplify 10(4p+3m+5p+m)
What is 90p+40m?
400

Clumsy Cate had a bag of marbles, but she dropped it and seven rolled under the couch.  Then her mean sister Mean Jean stole half of her marbles.  Later that evening, Cate found three of her lost marbles.  How many marbles does Cate have now?

What is (c - 7)/2 + 3 

OR 

(c - 7) - 1/2(c - 7)+ 3
c = the number of marbles Cate started with

400

1x - x/1 + x/x

What is 1?

500

Evaluate ( 8 + (-2)) / -2

What is -6?

500
(10+f)/4
What is the sum of 10 and f divided by 4?
500

Simplify 4c(10+2c+2+3c)?

What is 20c2 + 48c?

500

At Carl’s Crazy Critters, he has a lot of critters.  On Monday night, half of them escape.  On Tuesday, two dozen more escape.

What is c/2 – 2 • 12 

OR 

 c - 1/2c – 2 • 12
c = the number of critters Carl had to start with

500

Use 12, r, and 3 to write two equivalent expressions that demonstrate the distributive property.

What is 

12(3 +r) = 36 + 12r

OR r(3+12)=3r+12r

OR 3(12+r)=36+3r