Expressions Word Problems

Jamal helped his grandmother plant her vegetable garden. He planted 3 rows of zucchini seeds and 4 rows of yellow squash seeds. Each row had s seeds. Which expression represents how many seeds Jamal planted in all?

• 3s + 4s

• 3s + 4

• 4s + 3

• 34s

Rhonda was organizing photos in a photo album. She took 60 photos and divided them evenly among p pages. Which algebraic expression represents the number of photos on each page? What are the important parts of this problem that can help you write an algebraic expression?

• 60 photos

• This is an algebra problem

• The phrase, "divided them evenly" lets me know which operation to use.

• Her name is Rhonda

• p stands for the pages

Rhonda was organizing photos in a photo album. She took 60 photos and divided them evenly among p pages. Which algebraic expression represents the number of photos on each page?

• p / 60

• 60 / p

• 60 + p

• 60p

Tickets to the aquarium cost $27 per person. Write an expression to represent the total cost of tickets for a group of people. Let n represent the number of people in the group.

• 27 + n

• 27n

• 27/n

• 27 - n

Kelly has some money she has already saved. After mowing two lawns on Saturday, she adds $40 to her savings. How much money has Kelly saved altogether? Let s represent the amount of money she already has in savings.

• s + 40

• 40s

• 40 - s

• 40/s

Tyrell has a sister that is y years younger than him. If Tyrell is 12 years old, how old is his sister? Which algebraic expression could be used to find the age of Tyrell's sister?

• y - 12

• 12 / y

• 12 + y

• 12 - y

Mr. Marcin is making bags of prizes. He has 92 prizes and splits them evenly into b bags. Which expression represents how many prizes are in each bag?

There were 47 frogs in a pond. f of the frogs hopped away. Choose the expression that represents the number of frogs left in the pond.

There are r rows of chairs with 8 chairs in each row. Choose the expression that represents the total number of chairs.

Shawn and his friends are going to the State Fair. It costs $12 to park their car. Tickets to get in are $10 per person. If p represents the number of people, which expression represents how much money Shawn and his friends will spend?

• 12p + 10p

• 12p - 10p

• 12p + 10

• 12 + 10p