Expression Matching

You and four friends plan a surprise party. Each of you contributes the same amount of money m for food. What is the algebraic expression for the total amount of money contributed for food?

• 5m

• 4 + m

• 5 / m

• 4m

Mitch has 35 more bouncy balls than Rudy. Rudy has b bouncy balls. Choose the expression that shows how many bouncy balls Mitch has.

• 35 - b

• b

• 35

• b + 35

Which expression matches: the product of nine and a number

• 9 + x

• 9x

• 9 ÷ x

• 9 - x

Tracy has 16 oatmeal cookies. She splits them evenly among b bags. Choose the expression that shows how many cookies are in each bag.

• b - 16

• 16

• 16b

• 16 ÷ b

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

Find the matching expression for the following situation: Jerry goes to the store and buys x cakes. Each cake costs $5. Now Jerry's friend wants to know how much money he spent.

• x+5

• x-5

• x÷5

• 5x

Find the matching expression for the following situation: Fred has $23. He spends x dollars on an ice cream.

• 23x

• 23+x

• 23-x

• 23÷x

Find the matching expression for the following situation: Hannah works as a mail delivery person. She gets paid d dollars an hour. She works for 40 hours a week.

• d+40

• 40÷d

• 40d

• 40+d

Find the matching expression for the following situation: Juan and his brother are drawing pictures for their family and friends. Juan draws 14 pictures and his brother draws p pictures. They need to know how many pictures they have finished.

• 14p

• 14-p

• 14+p

• p-14