Writing Algebraic Expressions

Strawberries are $1.95 a pound. Write an expression for p pounds of strawberries. 

• $1.95+p
• $1.95-p
• $1.95/p
• $1.95p

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

Students brought in 300 canned goods for the food drive on Monday. On Tuesday students brought in x more than the day before. Write an expression for how many canned goods students brought on Tuesday.

• 300 + x
• 300 - x
• 300x
• x - 300

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

Mary baked some cookies on Saturday. On Sunday she baked twice as many cookies as the day before. If c represents the number of cookies she made on Saturday, write an expression for the number of cookies she made on Sunday.

• c + 2
• c - 2
• c / 2
• 2c

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

Nate has 6 fewer CDs than Emily.  If c represents the number of CDs Emily has, which expression tells how many CDs Nate has?

• 6-c
• 6+c
• c-6
• c+6

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

Sarah has some money in the bank, then she earned $12 more. Define a variable and write an expression for how much money she has in total.

• b = bank
  b + 12
• m = money
  m + 12
• m= amount of money she has in the bank
  m + 12
• m = amount of money she earned
  m + 12

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

Pam put pink frosting on one-fourth of the cookies she made. If y is the total number of cookies she made, which expression shows the number of cookies with pink frosting?

• ¼ y
• ¼ + y
• y - ¼
• y ÷ ¼

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

The number of days in n weeks can be written as

• n

• 7 x n

• 7n

• 7 + n

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.A.3

CCSS.6.EE.A.4

CCSS.6.EE.B.6