Practice Page
Directions: Answer these questions pertaining to expressions.

1.
The tickets to the Fireman's Field Days were d dollars each. Drew had $22.50 and bought 3 tickets. Which expression represents the amount of money, in dollars, that Drew had left after buying the tickets?
tickets
 
Choose:
22.50d - 3
22.50 - 3d
22.50 - (d + 3)
3(22.50) - d

 

 

2.
Carly discovered a pattern of odd numbers when she substituted the values of 1, 2, 3, and 4 into an expression to replace the variable n. Which expression was Carly using?

Choose:
2n + 5
2n + 3
2n + 1
2n - 1
tableyellow

 

 

3.
Over the summer, Diego worked at the park for 10 hours each week and earned $85 per week. Which chart shows the relationship between the number of hours he worked and the amount he earned? You can assume a constant rate per hour.
Choose:

tablegreen1

tablegreen2

tablegreen3

tablegreen4

 

 

4.
Ari joined the tennis team and is practicing 3 hours a day. His goal is to practice a total of 85 hours this month. Which expression represents how many hours he has left to practice after practicing for d days?

Choose:
85 ÷ 3d
85 - 3d
85 + 3d
85d + 3
ari

 

 

5.
A magician tells the audience that the secret to his trick will be revealed when someone can tell him the value of the expression 5[3(2 + 4²)+1]-3³.
What is the value of the expression?

Choose:
20
124
248
360
magician

 

 

6.
 A teacher distributes cards with algebraic expressions to each student in the class. The goal is for each student to find all of the other students whose expressions are equivalent to his or her card.
Alex's card has the expression 4(3a + 7b).
Which other students have expressions equivalent to Alex's expression?
Choose all that apply!
 

Carl has 7a + 11b

Josie has 12a + 28b

Liz has 12a + 11b

Jose has 2(6a + 14b)

Lynn has 3(4a + 7b)

        

Cpic8

 

 

7.
Your coupon-clipping Aunt has a coupon for $5.75 off her next purchase at the Quilting Closet. Let the original price of an item be d dollars and price after the coupon be c dollars. Which chart shows the relationship between d and c?
Choose:

tableblue1

tableblue2

tableblue3

tableblue4

 

 

8.
Mike tells his friends that the following three expressions are equivalent because when he plugs in zero for x he gets -8 from all three.
(1) 7x - 3x - 8
(2) 10x - 8
(3) 2x + 2x - 8
Which of the following statements about this situation is NOT true?
Choose:
(1) and (3) are equivalent.
Plugging in x = 2 shows Mike is wrong.
-8 is a constant in all three expressions.
All three expressions are equivalent.
Mike

 

 

9.
During a sale, sneakers are ¼ off the regular price. Which expression represents the sale price of the sneakers regularly costing d dollars?
Choose:
¾ d
½ d
d ÷ 4
¼ d
sneakers

 

 

10.
Which of the following statements explains why the two following expressions are equivalent?
n + 3.4 + n(5.1 + 2)
8.1n + 3.4
Choose:
The expressions have the same result only when the same integer values are substituted for n.
The expressions have the same result when the same values of any kind are substituted for n.
The expressions have the same result only when the same positive values are substituted for n.
The expressions have the same result only when the same negative values are substituted for n.
ted



divider

NOTE: The re-posting of materials (in part or whole) from this site to the Internet is copyright violation
 and is not considered "fair use" for educators. Please read the "Terms of Use".