Writing, reading, and evaluating algebraic expressions

How would you write the expression for 5 pencils for each student where p is the number of pencils?

• 25p

• 5p

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A bowling alley charges $3.50 per game. They also charge a one-time fee of $2.50 to rent shoes. Which expression below represents this situation?

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Write an expression for the following situation:

It costs $5 to get into the county fair. It costs $2 for one ride ticket. How much will you spend to go to the fair and purchase t tickets?

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Bagels cost $0.75 each. Write an expression for the cost of x bagels.

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Mrs. Reyes bought 4 packages of cookies. There were 8 cookies in each package. Then Mrs. Reyes gave 10 cookies to her friends. Write a numerical expression to show this situation.

• 4+8-10

• 4x8-10

• 10-4x8

• 10-4+8

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Find the matching expression for the following situation: Victor needs to buy new clothes. He spends $45 on new shirts and d dollars on pants. Now he needs to know how much money he has spent.

• 45d

• 45-d

• d-45

• 45+d

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Kelli sells T-shirts on a website. She can make $3 from each T-shirt she sells. Every month she must pay $20 to the website no matter how many T-shirts she sells. Write an expression representing the money (in dollars) Kelli earns after selling k T-shirts each month.

• 3k + 20
• 3 + 20k
• 3k - 20
• 20 - 3k

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Grace wants to divide the job of writing x invitations to the party equally among 4 committee members. Write an expression

• x/4

• x+4

• x-4

• 4x

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Jane bought a Pandora bracelet and some beads. The cost of the bracelet was $50 and each bead costs $35. Write an expression to represent the total cost of the bracelet and the beads.

• $35\ +\ 50b$

• $85b$

• $50\ +\ 35b$

• $\text{85}$

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Write an expression for the situation. 

 "Amount you spend if you buy a shirt for $20 and jeans for  $j$   dollars"

•  $20+j$  

•  $20-j$  

•  $20j$  

•  $\frac{j}{20}$  

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