Multiply Variables by Variables

What are the variables in the table?

• 6 people per van

• Vans

• People

• 30 people for every 5 vans

The table below represents the total number of pencil top erasers in different numbers of packages.
Each package has the same number of erasers. What is the total number of erasers in 5 boxes?

• 67, because 72-5=67

• 36, because 2x18=36

• 9, because 81-72=9

• 45, because 5x9=45

A group of campers rented 4 rafts to ride down the Brazos River. The table shows the number of people that different numbers of rafts can hold.
How many people can 4 rafts hold?

• 40

• 42

• 32

• 36

A number used to multiply a variable. It is the number "attached" to a variable.

• constant

• coefficient

• term

• expression

The result of multiplying two numbers.

• quotient

• product

• sum

• difference

3(2c - 5)

• 6c - 15

• 6c + 15

• 6c + 15

• -6c - 15

Which expression matches the phrase:
3 times a number

• 3+y

• 3y

• 6 + 3y

• 3 - y 

Which expression represents
the product of 16 and a number, m?

• 16 + m

• 16m

• 16 - m

• 16/m

Which expression represents the product of 6 and a value, y minus 4? 

• 6y - 4

• 6 + y - 4

• 6/y - 4

• 6 - y - 4 

Which of the following is the answer when you multiply?

• sum

• product

• difference

• quotient