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100

Joey went to the store and bought a sode for 3 dollars, a bag of chips for 4 dollars, and 2 bags of candy. Write an expression that shows how many items Joey bought.

3 + 4 + 2c

100

Jacob plays basketball 4 days a week for the same amount of mintues each time. Write an expression that shows how many minutes he plays basketball a week.

4x

100
For a walka-ton a sponser committed to give a flat fee of 5 dollars plus 2 dollars for every mile, m, you walk. Write an expression for the total amount you will collect at the end of the walkathon

5 + 2m

100

Mrs. Crumley buys 4 bags of Takis and 4 bottles of coke. Write an expression to represent the total amount Mrs. Crumley will pay for the items she buys.

4p + 4c

200

Chloe baked a certain amount of cookies for a party. 10 people showed up and the cookies were divided evengly amongst them. Write an expression that shows how many cookies each person got.

x/10

200

A gym membership costs $50 a month. Each additional class costs $7. Write an expression for the total monthly cost of this gym membership.

50 + 7x

200

Alex feeds his turtle the same amount of food TWICE a day. Write an expression to show how much food he will feed the turtle in a week.

2f x 7

200

Talie went to QT and bought 11 celsius and 5 bags of candy. Write an expression to represent the total amount she paid.

11c + 5c

300

At a cookie shop, you can decorate your own cookie. The cost of the cookie is 4 dollars. Each topping costs an additional 0.25 cents. Write an expression that shows the total cost of decorating a cookie.

4 + 0.25x

300

Emily ran 4 miles fewer than 3 times what her friend ran. Write an expression for how many miles Emily ran.

3x-4

300

Ann ran 7 miles on Monday, 6 miles yesterday, and 8 miles today. If she runs an unkown numer of miles tomorrow, how many miles will she have ran in all?

(7+ 6 + 8) + m

300

A number divided by 12 increased by 4

N / 12 + 4

400

Jake has 5 more than 6 times as many bottles of juice than Michael. Write an expression that shows how many bottles of juice Jake has.

6m + 5

400

Katelyn ran for 20 minutes more than 4 times the amount of minutes that Jess ran. Write an expression that shows how many minutes Katelyn ran.

4x + 20.

400

Lily is working on a 1,000 piece puzzle but she lost 7 pieces. She has already got some of the pieces in. Write an expression to show how many peices Lily has left.

(1000- p) - 7
400

Triple of a number decreased by 25

3N - 25

500

Christopher dranks 5 more bottles of mountain dew than 5 times the amount Tony did. Write an expression that shows how many bottles of mountain dew Christopher drank.

5x + 5

500

Mr. Froedge and Mr. Howard won their intramural soccer game yesterday (for real)! His team scored 4 goals and an unknown amount of penalty kicks. Write an expression to show how many points they got in total.

4 + x

500

Mrs. Ogburn goes to dinner with five friends. They get 3 pizzas that all cost the same amount, and our going to split the cost of the 3 pizzas. They EACH will leave 3 dollars for a tip. Write an expression to represent what each person will pay.

(3n / 6) + 3

500

The product of 3 and 4 combined with an unkown amount

(3 x 4) + N