I
Love
Writing
Expressions
100

Ms. Nelson went to the store and bought a soda for 3 dollars, a bag of chips for 4 dollars, and 2 bags of candy for "c" dollars each.

Write an expression that shows how much money Ms. Nelson spent.

3 + 4 + 2c

100

Jacob plays basketball 4 days a week for the same amount of minutes "m" each time. 

Write an expression that shows how many minutes he plays basketball a week.

4m

100

For a Walk-a-thon, a sponsor committed to give a flat fee of $5 plus $5 for every mile, m, you walk. Write an expression for the total amount you will collect at the end of the Walk-a-thon.

5 + 2m

100

Ms. Schueth buys 4 pencil cases for $p and 4 cases of erasers for $c. Write an expression to represent the total amount Ms. Schueth pays for school supplies.

4p + 4c

200

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

c/10

200

Mr. Lewis and Mrs. Busick won a dance contest! The first judge gave them 8 points and the second judge gave them x points. Write an expression to show how many points they got in total.

8 + x

200

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

2f * 7

200

Mrs. Ryu went to Hi Life and bought 11 burgers for "b" dollars and 5 sodas for "s" dollars.

Write an expression to represent the total amount she paid.

11b + 5s

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. 

Let x represent the amount of toppings you add. Write an expression that shows the total cost of decorating a cookie.

4 + 0.25x

300

A gym membership costs $50 a month. Each additional gym class "c" costs $7. 

Write an expression for the total monthly cost of this gym membership.

50 + 7c

300

Ann ran 7 miles on Monday, x miles yesterday, and y miles today. If she runs m of miles tomorrow, how many miles will she have ran in all?

7+ x + y + m

300

A number "n" divided by 12, increased by 4

n / 12 + 4

400

Christopher drank 5 more bottles of 7Up than 5 times the amount Tony did "x".

Write an expression that shows how many bottles of 7Up Christopher drank.

5x + 5

400

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

3f-4

400

Lily is working on a 1000 piece puzzle but she lost some pieces "p". Then, she found 3 of the pieces.

Write an expression to show how many pieces Lily has left.

1000 - p + 3

400

25 less than triple of a number "n"

3n - 25

500

Jake has 5 more than 6 times as many bottles of juice than Michael. 

Expression:

6x + 5

What does "x" represent?

x = amount of bottles of juice that Michael has

500

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

4j + 20

500

Ms. Simonian goes to dinner with five friends. They get 3 pizzas that each cost $n, and are going to split the cost of the 3 pizzas. They EACH will leave $3 for a tip. 

Write an expression to represent what EACH person will pay.

(3n / 6) + 3

500

The product of 3 and 4n, combined with an unknown amount "p"

(3 * 4n) + p