Writing Numerical Expressions Quiz 2

Mrs. Jones makes 3 copies for science and 8 copies for math each week for each student. Mrs. Jones has 27 students. Which expression represents how many copies Mrs. Jones makes each week?

• 27 x (3 + 8)

• (3 x 8) x 27

• (3 x 8) + 27

• 27 - (3 + 8)

A teacher has 6 boxes of pencils. There are 48 pencils in each box. There are 16 students in the class who will share the pencils equally. Which expression represents how many pencils each student will get?

• (6 x 48) - 16

• 48 - (6 + 16)

Percy has 4 boxes of cookies. Each box has 6 rows of cookies with 9 cookies in each row. Which expression can be used to find the number of cookies that Percy has?

• 4 x 6 x 9

• 9 x (4 + 6)

• 4 x (6 + 9)

• 4 x 6 + 9

Take away 8 from the product of 20 and 10

• 8 - 20 x 10

• 20 x 10 - 8

• 8 - (20 x 10)

• 10(20 - 8)

Twice the sum of 2 and 3

• 2(2 + 3)

• 2 x 2 +3

• 2 + 3 x 2

• 3(2 + 3)

A plane traveling to Raleigh has 100 seats on board. If there are 43 passengers on the plane, which equation represents the number of empty seats there are on the plane?

• 43 - 100

• 100 - 43

• 100 x 43

• 100 + 43

Choose the correct expression for the following... 

6 subtracted from 16 divided by 5.

•  $\left(16-\ 6\right)\ \div\ 5$  

•  $6\ -\ 16\ \div\ 5$  

•  $16\ -\ 6\ \div\ 5$  

•  $5\ \div\ 16\ -\ 6$  

Choose the correct expression for the following...

Multiply 8 by the sum of 24 and 16.

• $8\ \times\ \left(24\ +\ 8\right)$

• $24\ -\ 16\ \times\ 8$

• $8\ \times\ 24\ -\ 16$

• $\left(24\ +\ 16\right)\ \times8$

Sarah has 5 baskets of apples. Each basket contains 8 rows of apples with 7 apples in each row. Which expression can be used to find the total number of apples Sarah has?

• 5 x 8 x 7

• 8 x (5 + 7)

• 5 x (8 + 7)

• 5 x 8 + 7

Mr. Smith prepares 4 worksheets for English and 6 worksheets for history each week for each student. Mr. Smith has 30 students. Which expression represents how many worksheets Mr. Smith prepares each week?

• 30 x (4 + 6)

• (4 x 6) x 30

• (4 x 6) + 30

• 30 - (4 + 6)