Math Word Problems into Expressions

Ty signed up for a gym membership. There is a one-time fee of $40 and a cost of $10 per month. Write an algebraic expression for the cost for "m" months.

(a)  

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

If chocolate chip cookies cost $3.00 per cookie plus $2 for boxing them up in a decorated box, what would the expression be?

• 3 + 2x

• 3x + 2

• 3x + 2x

• 5x

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

Six decreased by twice a number.

• 2x - 6

• 6 < 2x

• 6 - x

• 6 - 2x

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
8 less than the product of 4 and a number
Use the variable m to represent the unknown number.

• 4m + 8

• 8m - 4

• 8m + 4

• 4m - 8

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Sheryl earns money for college by walking dogs and by mowing lawns. She earns $3  for each dog she walks and $25 for each lawn she mows. Which expression can be used to determine the amount of money, in dollars, Sheryl earns from walking w dogs and mowing m lawns?

• 3w + 25m

• 28(m + w)

• 3w + 25

• 75(w + m)

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

An ice cream shop charges $3.39 for a dish of ice cream. A customer can also order toppings for $0.59 each. If x represents the number of toppings, which expression can be used to determine the total charge, in dollars, for a dish of ice cream with x toppings?

• 339x + 0.59

• 3.98 + x

• 3.39 + 0.59x

• 3.98x

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

Mary baked some cookies on Saturday. On Sunday she baked twice as many cookies as the day before. If c represents the number of cookies she made on Saturday, write an expression for the number of cookies she made on Sunday.

• c + 2

• c - 2

• c / 2

• 2c

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

Jordan bought pencils for school.  Each pencil cost $.10.  Let p  represent the number of pencils she bought. Write an expression for the total amount she spent.

• p / .10

• .10p

• p +.10

• p- .10 

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

the difference between forty-six and a number

• 46 x n

• 46/n

• n-46

• 46 − n

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

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

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A