BASELINE Writing Variable Expressions

Adult tickets to the play cost $5 dollars less than 2 times a child's ticket. If c is the price of a child's ticket, which of the following represents the price of an adult's ticket?

• 5c - 2
• 5c + 2
• 2c + 5
• 2c - 5

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
8 less than the product of 4 and a number
Use the variable m to represent the unknown number.

• 4m + 8
• 8m - 4
• 8m + 4
• 4m - 8

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CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

Ten more than four times a number

• 4 x 10 x m
• 4m + 10
• 10 + 4 + m
• 10m + 4

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Five less than a number k

• k - 5
• 5 + k
• 5/k
• 5 - k

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Half of a number c

• c ÷ 2
• ½ ÷ c
• c ÷ ½ 
• c + ½

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

8w is another name for:

• 8 times w
• w multiplied by 8
• the product of 8 and a number
• all of the above

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Write a verbal expression for:
2a + 6

• 6 more than the product of 2 times a
• 6 less than the product of 2 times a
• 6 more than the quotient of 2 and a

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CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

Write an algebraic expression for the word phrase.
the product of a number w and 737

• 737w
• 737  ÷ w
• 737 + w
• 737 − w

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Write an algebraic expression for the word phrase.
the difference of a number q and 8

• q − 8
• 8q
• q ÷ 8
• q + 8

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Write an algebraic expression for the word phrase.
14 less than the quotient of 63 and a number h

• (63 ÷ h) − 14
• 14 − (63 ÷ h)
• 63h − 14
• 14 − 63h

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A