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Word Problem Algebraic Expression

The document provides examples and exercises related to algebraic expressions, including how to formulate expressions based on various scenarios such as costs, ages, and distributions. It includes example problems with solutions and a series of exercises for practice. The document also contains an answer key for the exercises.

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Word Problem Algebraic Expression

The document provides examples and exercises related to algebraic expressions, including how to formulate expressions based on various scenarios such as costs, ages, and distributions. It includes example problems with solutions and a series of exercises for practice. The document also contains an answer key for the exercises.

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Algebraic Expression

Example :
1. Andy orders 3 pizzas. If each pizza costs $x and the delivery
charge is $d, write an expression for the total cost.
3x + d
3x + d
2. Acacia is x years old now. Her brother Gerard is 4 years younger.
Their mother is 4 times Gerard’s age. Write an expression in
terms of x for a. Gerard’s age b. their mother’s
age.
Gerard’s age =x-4
Mother’s age = 4(x – 4)
3. Grandma baked 96 cookies and gave them to her grandchildren.
One of the grandchildren, Cindy, received c fewer cookies than
she would have received had all of the cookies been evenly
divided among the 8 grandchildren. How many cookies did Cindy
receive? Write your answer as an expression.
96
8
-c
Name : Date :
EXERCISE
1. A CD and a DVD cost x dollars.
a If the CD costs $10 what does the DVD cost?
b If the DVD costs three times the CD, what does the CD cost?
c If the CD costs $(x − 15), what does the DVD cost?

2. A woman is m years old.


a How old will she be in ten years’ time?
b How old was she ten years ago?
c Her son is half her age. How old is the son?

3. Three people win a prize of $p.


a If they share the prize equally, how much will each receive?
b If one of the people wins three times as much money as the other
two, how much will each receive?

4. Four friends evenly divided up an n-slice pizza. One of the friends,


Harris, ate 111 fewer slice than he received. How many slices of pizza
did Harris eat? Write your answer as an expression.

5. Helena lost her marbles. But then she found them and put them in 4
bags with m marbles in each bag. She had 3 marbles left over that
didn't fit in the bags. How many marbles does Helena have in all?
Write your answer as an expression.

6. Sergio has p paintings in his art collection. He and other local


painting collectors agreed to donate a total of 48 paintings to the
local museum. Each of the 12 collectors will donate the same number
of paintings. How many paintings will Sergio have in his art collection
after his donation? Write your answer as an expression.

7. The garden club earned $15dollar per hour by weeding neighborhood


gardens for t hours. A generous donor has agreed to double their
earnings. How much did the garden club earn in all? Write your
answer as an expression.

8. Grandma Gertrude gave 13 pieces of jewelry and Grandma Fien gave


y pieces of jewelry to the Carlson sisters to divide evenly among
themselves. There are 5 Carlson sisters. How many pieces of jewelry
did each sister receive? Write your answer as an expression.
9. Sarah received $55 for her birthday. She used some of that money to
buy 3 shirts priced at m dollars each. How much money does Sarah
have left? Write your answer as an expression.

10. A large cheese pizza costs $18. Each topping you add on costs
$1.50. How much would it cost to get a large cheese pizza with c
toppings added? Write your answer as an expression.

11. There are 8 employees on The Game Shop's sales team. Last month,
they sold a total of g games. One of the sales team members, Chris,
sold 17 fewer games than what the team averaged per employee.
How many games did Chris sell? Write your answer as an expression.

12. Sunny earns $12 per hour delivering cakes. She worked for x hours
this week. Unfortunately, she was charged $15dollar for a late
delivery on Tuesday. How much money did Sunny earn this week?
Write your answer as an expression.

13. Liam had $250. Then, he and his classmates bought a present for
their teacher, evenly splitting the $p cost among the 24 of them. How
much money does Liam have left? Write your answer as an
expression.

14. Donald has x twenty-dollar bills and 1 ten-dollar bill. How much
money does Donald have? Write your answer as an expression.

15. Angela shared a cab with her friends. When they arrived at their
destination, they evenly divided the $j fare among the 3 of them.
Angela also paid a $5 tip. How much did Angela pay in total? Write
your answer as an expression.
Answer Key
Example.
1.
2.
3.

Exercise.
1. a. $ (x-10) or x - 10
x 1
b. $ 4 ∨ 4 x

c. $15
2. a. (m+10) years
b. (m-10) years
m 1
c. 2 years or 2
m

p 1
3. a. $ 3 or p:3 or 3
p

p p 3p
b. $ 5 , $ 5 , and $ 5

n
4. 4
– 111

5. 4m + 3 or 4xm+3
48
6. p-4 or p – 12

7. 30t or 15t . 2 or 2.15t


13+ y
8. 5
or (13 + y) : 5

9. 55 – 3m or 55 – m x 3
10. 18 + 1.5c
g
11. 8 -17

12. 12 x -15
p
13. 250 – 24

14. 20 x + 10
j 1
15. 3
+5 or 3
j+5

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