Reading & Writing Algebraic Expressions

Sarah has s small spoons and 20 big spoons. Choose the expression that shows how many spoons Sarah has.

• 20

• s + 20

• 20 - s

• s - 20

Aayna has 6 coins. She finds a more coins in a drawer. Write an expression that shows how many coins Aanya has now.

• a

• 6 + a

• a - 6

• 6 - a

Write an expression for the operation described below.

multiply 5 by w

• 5 * w

• 5 + w

• 5 - w

• 5 / w

Write an expression for the sequence of operations described below:

add 3 to q, then multiply r by the result

• r(q + 3)

• q+ 3 * r

• 3 + (q * r)

• (q + 3) + r

Write an expression for the sequence of operations described below:

subtract 5 from c, then subtract 4 from the result

• c - 5 - 4

• 5 - c - 4

• (5 - c) - 4

• 4 - (5 - c)

Write an expression for the sequence of operations described below:

add 5 to w, then subtract 9 from the result

• (w + 5) - 9

• 9 - (5 + w)

• w - 5 + 9

• w - 5 - 9

Write an expression for the sequence of operations described below:

add 5 to h, then divide g by the result

• (h + 5) / g

• 5 + h / g

• h + 5 / g

• g / (5 + h)

Ted has 29 trading cards. Isaiah has t more trading cards than Ted. Choose the expression that shows how many trading cards Isaiah has.

• 29 ÷ t

• 29 + t

• t - 29

• 29

Henry picked 13 peaches. Collin picked p times as many peaches as Henry. Choose the expression that shows how many peaches Collin picked.

• 13p

• p + 13

• 13 + p

• 13