Chapter 6 Expressions Pretest

Find the value of: 8 + 9 × 3 - 4 =

• 47

• 31

• 39

• 45

Find the value: $16-3^2$ = 

• 7

• 19

• 10

• 13

Evaluate the expression: a = 4, b=3;

 $a+8-b\ =$  

• 15

• 7

• 9

• 10

Evaluate the expression: a=4; 5a=

• 0

• 20

• 1

• 9

Write the phrase as an algebraic expression: 9 years older than Odile

• a - age

• a + age

• a - 9

• a + 9

Write the phrase as an algebraic expression: one half of the total cost

• $c\ \div\ 2$

• 2c

• 2 + c

• 2 - c

Write the phrase as an algebraic expression: three times the number of berries

• 3+b

• 3-b

• 3b

• $3\div b$

Determine whether the two expressions are equivalent:

19 × 6 and 6 × 19

• Yes

• No

Determine whether the two expressions are equivalent.

14 and 14 + 0

• Yes

• No

Use the Distributive Property: 6(d + 7)

• 6d + 7

• 6d + 67

• 6d + 42

• 6 + d + 7