Expressions

Match the word problem with the expression:
During the Easter Egg Hunt, I found some eggs.  On the way to the car, I found 15 more.

• 1x + 15

• x + 15

• 15 - x

• 15 = x + 10

Match the word problem with the expression:
A teacher had 16 students.  She needed to split up her class into a number of equal groups.  When she was finished, she had 4 groups.

• f x 4 = 16

• 16 x 4 = f

• f = 16 ÷ 4

• 16 ÷ f = 4

Match the word problem with the expression or equation: Mrs. Swilley needed to give 9 boxes of supplies to some groups equally.

• 9 ÷ h = 1

• 9 ÷ h

• 1 x h = 9

• h ÷ 9

Match the word problem with the expression:
Mrs. Swilley's class had 15 students.  Each student did an equal number of word problems.  When finished, together the class completed 45 word problems.

• 15y = 45

• 45 ÷ 15 = y

• 45 ÷ y = 15

• 45 - y = 15

Match the word problem with the expression:
There are 14 rows with a number of chairs in each row in the cafeteria.  There are also 6 chairs against the wall.

• 6 ⋅ 14x

• 14 + 6x

• 14x + 6

• x = 6 + 14

Match the word problem with the expression:
A battery box contains 18 batteries.  Every toy needs the same number of batteries.  I was able to replace the batteries in 9 toys.  How many batteries did each toy need?  

• 9 ⋅ u = 18

• 18 - u = 9

• 18 = 9 + u

• 18 ÷ u = 9

Match the word problem with the expression:
Mr. Furlich had some students visit his office in the morning.  Later he had three more students visit his office.  Altogether, 19 students had visited his office throughout the day.  How many came in the morning?

• 19 - b = 3

• b + 3 = 19

• 3b = 19

• 19 - b

Match the word problem with the expression:
Each day of the week I work the same number of hours.

• 7y

• y + 7x

• 7 ÷ y

Match the word problem with the expression:
At the end of the day, the Girl Scouts had only 15 boxes of cookies left.  They came with a number of boxes and sold 36 throughout the day.  How many did they start out with?

• 36 - d = 15

• 36 + 15 = d

• d = 36-15

• 15 = d - 36

Match the word problem with the expression:
Jacob added 12 pennies to his piggy bank full of pennies.  When he opened it up, he had a total of 42 pennies.  How many did he have in his piggy bank before he added the extra pennies?

• t - 42 = 12

• 42 + 12 = t

• 12 +t = 42

• 12t = 42