Identify Parts of an Expression and Write an Expression

What word phrase can you use to represent "5x + 2"?

• 5 times a number plus 2

• 2 more than the product of 5 and a number

• a number times the sum of 5 and 2

• the sum of 5 times a number and 2

Identify the constant of the algebraic expression:

3x + 5

• 3

• x

• 5

• 3x and 5

What are the terms in the expression?
4 + 16v

• 4, 16v

• 4

• v

• +16

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

Students brought in 300 canned goods for the food drive on Monday. On Tuesday students brought in x more than the day before. Write an expression for how many canned goods students brought on Tuesday.

• 300 + x

• 300 - x

• 300x

• x - 300

For a walk-a-thon a sponsor committed to give you a flat fee of $5 plus $2 for every mile m you walk. Write an expression for the total amount you will collect from your sponsor at the end of the walk-athon.

• 5+2

• 5+2m

• 5m+2

• 5-2m

• 2m-5

How many terms are there in this expression below?

• 3

• 5

• 2

• 1

Kendra’s math teacher assigned math homework, but Kendra decided to do 5 extra problems. Which algebraic expression shows how many problems Kendra completed? 

• 5x

• x-5

• x+5

• x⁵

Rhonda was organizing photos in a photo album. She took 60 photos and divided them evenly among p pages. Which algebraic expression represents the number of photos on each page? What are the important parts of this problem that can help you write an algebraic expression?

• 60 photos

• This is an algebra problem

• The phrase, "divided them evenly" lets me know which operation to use.

• Her name is Rhonda

• p stands for the pages

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.