Expression Stories

Last week Fred had 47 dollars. He washed cars over the weekend and now has 50 dollars. Write the expression.

• 50 - x = 47

• 47 + x

• 47 - x

• 50 - 47

Joshua brought his toys to the beach. He shared them equally with 6 other friends. Write the expression.

• t + 6

• t - 6

• 6t

• T / 6

In the problem X + 7, what is the variable?

• +

• X

• 7

Margaret has 16 yards of fabric. She is making tiny dresses for dolls. Write the expression for the length of fabric used for each doll.

• 16f

• 16 / f

• 16 - f

• 16 + f

What is the variable in the expression 2x+4?

• 2

• x

• +

• 4

Sam had 101 different Pokemon cards. After some went missing, he had 96 left. Write the expression.

• C + 101

• C - 101

• 101 - C

• 101 + C

Taylor puts $90 in his savings account every paycheck. Write the expression.

• 90p

• 90 + p

• 90/p

• 90 - p

Sally has some money. After buying groceries, she had $21 left. Write the expression.

• 21 - M

• M - 21

• 21 - 14 = M

• M/21

Julian has some pencils. His classmates have none. Julian gives each classmate 2 pencils. What is the variable?

• His classmates

• 2 pencils

• Julian's original amount of pencils

Mariah had some stickers. Kim had 3 times that amount. Write the expression for how many stickers Kim has.

• s - 3

• 3s

• s + 3

• s/3