Basic Assumptions: Addition
Subtraction; The Distributive Property
Multiplication; Consecutive Integers
Reciprocals; Division
Word Problems
100

Simplify:  397 + 29 + 3 + 1

What is 430?

100

Simplify:  -13 - 4 - [-5 - (-7)]

What is -19?

100

Simplify:  (-5)(2c -3)

What is -10c + 15?

100

This is the reciprocal of -1/3.

What is -3?

100

An elevator started at the fourteenth floor. It then went down 6 floors and up 11 floors. The elevator was located at this floor.

What is the 19th floor?

200

Simplify: 0.7 + 6.9 + 1.3 + 2.1

What is 11?

200

Simplify:  (15 - 27) - (1 - 4)

What is -9?

200

Simplify: 4(n - 5) - 5(n + 3)

What is -n - 35?

200

This is the reciprocal of  0.4

What is 2.5?

200

Five times the sum of a and b, decreased by three times b is written this way.

What is  5(a + b) - 3b and simplified to be 5a + 2b?

300

Simplify: 35 3/4 + 7/8 + 4 1/4 + 1/8

What is 41?

300

Simplify:   3h - 6 - 5h + 11

What is -2h + 5?

300

Simplify:   (-a)(-b)(-c)(-d)(e)

What is abcde?

300

Simplify:  (-1/9)(9)

What is -1?

300

The sum of three consecutive integers is 60 is written as this equation.

What is x + (x + 1) + (x + 2) = 60?

400

Simplify:  [ -8 + 45 ] + ( -7) + ( -6) 

What is 24?

400

Simplify:   3(a + 2b) + 4(3a - 5b)

What is 15a + (-14b)  or 15a - 14b?

400

Simplify:  -3(-5 -y) + 2(-y + 3)

What is 21 + y?

400

Simplify:  -1/9(-9a + 9)

What is   a + (-1)?

400

The sum of two consecutive even integers is 46 is written like this.

What is x + (x + 2) = 46?

500

Evaluate if c = -5, d = |-2|, and e = -2

     -c + (-d) + (-e)

What is 5?

500

Evaluate if a = -5, b = 3, and c = -2

          |c - b| - a

What is 10?

500

Simplify:   3r + 5 - 2(r - 3) - 4(-2r - 2)

What is 9r + 19?

500

Evaluate if a = -2, b = 4, and c = -5

           (a + 2c) 1/b

What is -3?

500

There are three consecutive integers. The sum of the first and the third is equal to twice the second.

What is   x + (x + 2) = 2(x + 1)?