Evaluating Expressions
Evaluating Expressions
Evaluating Expressions
EVALUATING EXPRESSIONS STANDARDS: 7.A.1/7.A.6
Evalute each expression if x = 9, y = 5, and z = 2.
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Translate each phrase into an algebraic expression.
1. seven points less than yesterday’s score
2. the number of jelly beans divided into nine piles
3. the morning temperature increased by sixteen degrees
4. six times the cost of the old book
5. two times the difference of a number and eight
Translate each sentence into an algebraic equation.
6. The sum of four and a number is twenty.
7. Fourteen is the product of two and a number.
8. Nine less than a number is three.
9. The quotient of a number and five is eleven.
10. Fifteen less than the product of a number and three is six.
PLICATIONS
11. Sierra purchased an ice cream cone for herself and three friends. The cost was $8.
Define a variable and then write an equation that can be used to find how much Sierra
paid for each ice cream cone.
12. Nicholas weighed 83 pounds at his most recent checkup. He had gained 9 pounds since
his last checkup. Define a variable and then write an equation to find Nicholas’ weight
at the previous checkup.
13. There are three times as many people at the amusement park today than there were
yesterday. Today’s attendance is 12,000. Define a variable and then write an equation
to find yesterday’s attendance.