Expression Word Problems

Cooper bought 6 Pokemon card packs that had 7 cards in each pack. How many cards did he buy?

• 40

• 42

• 49

• 36

Sahand ate 4 trays of sushi that had 6 rolls on each plate. How much sushi did Sahand eat?

• 30

• 20

• 24

• 22

Hunter build 8 cars that had 3 seats in each car. How many seats did Hunter install?

• 22

• 32

• 24

• 83

Colby made 11 crates of green juice. Each crate holds 9 bottles. How many bottles of green juice did Colby make?

• 11

• 90

• 99

• 81

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 

There were x cookies at the beginning of a party. By the end of the party, 16 of them had been eaten. Using x, write an expression for the number of cookies that were left.

• 16

• x + 16

• 16 - x

• x - 16

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

Jacob has $27 dollars, and Mikerra has $15. Jeremiah has double the amount of their money combined. Write an expression to describe how much money Jeremiah has.

• ($27 - $15) x 2

• ($27 - $15) + 2

• ($27 + $15) x 2

• $27 - ($15 x 2)

Tim buys three 6-packs of apple juice boxes and five 4-packs of cranberry juice boxes for his party. Write an expression to match the words.

• 6 X 4

• (3 × 6) + (5 × 4)

• (3 + 6) X (5 + 4)

• 3 + 6 + 5 + 4

Write an expression for: the sum of a number and 9

• n - 9

• n * 9

• n + 9

• n/9