Algebraic Expressions for Cost

Sunny earns $12, per hour delivering cakes. She worked for x hours this week. Unfortunately, she was charged $15 for a late delivery on Tuesday. How much money did Sunny earn this week?
Write your answer as an expression.

• 12 - x + 15
• 15 - x - 12
• 12x - 15 
• 15x + 12

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

Julie saved up $265 then bought a sweater for d dollars.
Write your answer as an expression.

• 265 - d
• d - 265
• 265 - s
• s - 265

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

Marco's mom gave him d dollars for his allowance one week. He also earned $14.55 for his newspaper route that week.
Write your answer as an expression.

• d - 14.55
• 14.55 - d
• 14.55 + d
• d + 14.55

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

Sarah received $55, for her birthday. She used some of that money to buy 3 shirts priced at m dollars each. How much money does Sarah have left?
Write your answer as an expression.

• 55 - 3m
• 3m + 55
• 55 + 3 + m
• 55m - 3

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

k friends evenly divided up a 12 slice pizza. One of the friends, Harris, ate 1 fewer slice than he was given. How many slices of pizza did Harris eat?
Write your answer as an expression.

• 12/k -1 
• k - 1 + 12
• k/12 + 1
• 1 + 12 + k

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

A large cheese pizza costs $18. Each topping you add on costs $1.50. How much would it cost to get a large cheese pizza with c toppings added?
Write your answer as an expression.

• c + 18
• 18 + 1.50 
• 18 + 1.50c
• 1.50c - 18

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

Tra'von earns $35 a day working after school at the supermarket. How much will he earn in d days?
Write your answer as an expression. 

• 35 + d
• 35d
• 35 - d
• d + 35

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

A pizza delivery driver earns $12 an hour and works h hours per day. He also spends $ 12 a day on gas. How much money will the driver earn in one day. 
Write your answer as an expression.

• 12h-12
• 12 + h + 12
• 12/h - 12
• 12h + 12

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

Mrs. Bembry puts $10 in a savings account each month and an extra $20 when she receives money for her birthday. If her birthday was this week, which expression represents the amount she has saved this year?

• 20m + 10

• 20m - 10

• 10m - 20

• 10m + 20

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

Hilary bought a jacket that cost $10 more than double the price of the sweater she bought. The price of the sweater was s dollars. What was the cost of both items?

• $2s\ +\ 10\ +\ s$

• $2s\ +\ 10\ -\ s$

• $10s\ +\ 2\ +\ s$

• $10s\ +\ 2\ -\ s$

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6