Writing & Simplifying Practice

Translating into Expressions

100

Translate the following into an algebraic expression: The sum of 9 and x.

x + 9 

200

Translate the following into an algebraic expression: Six taken away from the quotient of x and five

n/5 - 6

300

Translate the following into an algebraic expression: The product of x and 6.

6x

400

Translate the following into an algebraic expression:  9 less than the product of two and x

2x - 9

500

The difference of eight and a number.

8 - n

Translating into Equations

100

Translate the following into an algebraic equation: The product of seven and a number is equal to 35.

7n = 35

200

Translate the following into an algebraic equation: Ten added to the sum of the square of a number is equal to one hundred and forty.

n² + 10 = 140

300

Seven less than a number is equal to six.

n - 7 = 6

400

The product of five and a number increased by eighteen is equal to 100

5n+18 = 100

500

Translate the following into an algebraic equation: Nine subtracted from a number is equal to 52.

n - 9 = 52

Simplifying Expressions

100

6x + 2y - 4x - y

2x + y

200

5(3x + 1)

15x + 5

300

3(2x - 1)

6x - 3

400

3a(a + 7) 

3a²+ 21a

500

4(3x - 9) 

12x - 36

Substitution

100

If y = 6 solve:

3y - 7

11

200

If x = 2 solve

-3(5x + 2)

-36

300

If m = -2 solve:

5(4m + 15) 

35

400

If y = 10 solve:

y(20 + 8y) 

1000

500

If r = 5 solve:

2(6r - 5) + 3 

53

Random Trivia

100

What primary color has a shade called "cerulean?"

Blue

200

What does 6/7 mean?

Nobody really knows...

300

In the Lego Movie, what was "The Kragle" in real life?

Krazy Glue

400

Who is the best Gridball player in Room 33

Mr. Stephen

500

What is at the center of the Milky Way galaxy?

a black hole