NEW CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL

FACULTY/FACULTAD CIENCIAS EXACTAS

ÁREA MATH
TEACHER GUSTAVO A OJEDA C.
GRADE SEVENTH GRADE (7°)
DATE/FECHA
STUDENT
WORKSHEET 3 – ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS AND OPERATIONS (STRAND 3: ALGEBRAIC – VARIATIONAL)
MYP COMMAND TERMS FOR MATHEMATICS
 SOLVE: Obtain the answer(s) using algebraic  ESTIMATE: Obtain an approximate value for an
and/or numerical and/or graphical methods. unknown quantity.
 SHOW: Give the steps in a calculation or  CALCULATE: Obtain a numerical answer
derivation. showing the relevant stages in the working.
 APPLY: Use knowledge and understanding in response to a given situation or real circumstances. Use
an idea, equation, principle, theory or law in relation to a given problem or issue.
ELABORATE
1. During its summer feeding season, a blue whale eats about 𝟒 tons of food every day. To find
about how many tons of food a blue whale eats in a given number of days, you can multiply
the number of days by 𝟒, as shown in the next table.
A. ESTIMATE 𝟒 ∗ 𝒅 when B. ESTIMATE the next expressions when
𝑻𝑶𝑵𝑺 𝑶𝑭 𝑭𝑶𝑶𝑫 𝒅 = 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝒙 = 𝟔 and 𝒚 = 12
𝑫𝑨𝒀𝑺 𝑬𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑵
PROCESS AND ANSWER 𝒚 + 𝟖 𝒚 − 𝒙 𝒙∗𝒚
𝟏 𝟒∗𝟏=𝟒
𝟐 𝟒∗𝟐=𝟖
𝟏𝟎 𝟒 ∗ 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟒𝟎
𝒅 𝟒 ∗ 𝒅 = 𝟒𝒅
2. SOLVE the next expressions when 𝒂 = 𝟒, 𝒃 = 𝟐 and 𝒄 = 𝟏𝟔
𝒂
𝒂+𝒃 𝒄−𝒂 𝒂𝟒 𝒃∗𝒄 𝒃𝟑
𝒃

𝒄
𝒂−𝒃 𝒃+𝒄 𝒄−𝒃 𝒂∗𝒄 𝒂+𝒄
𝒃

3. DEMONSTRATE the equivalence between USUAL LANGUAGE and ALGEBRAIC LANGUAGE

USUAL LANGUAGE ALGEBRAIC LANGUAGE
A. The difference of twelve and a number
B. The sum of twice a number and thirteen
C. A number less than twice the number
D. One third of a number
E. Twice a number less than nine
F. The quotient of a number and two
G. Twenty-one more than twice a number
H. Ten increased by twice the number
I. A number less than three times the number
J. Three times the sum of one and a number
K. The quotient of a number and seven
4. DEMONSTRATE the equivalence between ALGEBRAIC LANGUAGE and USUAL LANGUAGE
ALGEBRAIC LANGUAGE USUAL LANGUAGE
A. 𝟏𝟕 + 𝟐𝒙
B. 𝟑𝟐 + 𝟑𝒎
C. 𝒛 + 𝟏𝟓
D. 𝟏𝟖 – 𝟒𝒃
E. 𝒏 + 𝟏𝟓
F. 𝒚– 𝟐
G. 𝟏𝟎 – 𝟒𝒗
H. 𝟗𝒙
I. 𝟕−𝒏
J. 𝟏𝟕 + 𝟐𝒙
5. WORD PROBLEM: Mario and Luigi have the same birthday, but they were born in different years. This
year Luigi is 𝟐𝟎 years old and Mario is 𝟐𝟑, so Mario is 𝟑 years older than Luigi. When Luigi was 𝟏𝟐, Mario
was 𝟏𝟓. When Luigi is 𝟑𝟓, Mario will be 𝟑𝟖. No matter what Luigi age is, Mario’s age will always be 𝟑 years
more, right?
In the language of algebra, we say that Luigi’s age and Mario’s age are variable and the number three (𝟑)
is a constant. The ages change, or vary, so age is a variable. The 3 years between them always stays the
same, so the age difference is the constant.
In algebra, letters of the alphabet are used to represent variables. Suppose we call Luigis’s age as a 𝒈.
Then, we could use 𝒈 + 𝟑 to represent Mario’s age. FILL the table below.
USUAL LANGUAGE ALGEBRAIC LANGUAGE
The DOUBLE of Luigi’s age
Luigi’s age MINUS 𝟒
The TRIPLE of Luigi’s age PLUS 𝟑
𝒏 TIMES Luigi’s age.
6. WRITE DOWN these expressions simplified.
𝒂+𝒂+𝒂= 𝟒𝒃 + 𝟑𝒃 = 𝟒𝒄 + 𝟕𝒄 = 𝟐𝒅 + 𝟑𝒅 + 𝟒𝒅 = 𝟐𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟕𝒚 − 𝒚 =
𝟗𝒈 − 𝟑𝒈 = 𝟏. 𝟓𝒆 + 𝟑𝒆 = 𝟗𝒊 − 𝒊 = 𝟏𝟎𝒇 + 𝒇 + 𝟒𝒇 = 𝟑. 𝟗𝒉 − 𝟑. 𝟏𝒉 = 𝟔𝒆 + 𝟔𝒆 + 𝒆 =
7. WRITE DOWN these expressions simplified by collecting like terms.
𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟓𝒚 = 𝟓𝒛 + 𝟓𝒛 + 𝟓𝒂 + 𝒂 = 𝟑𝒂 + 𝟒𝒃 + 𝟒𝒂 + 𝟓𝒃 =
𝟒𝒙 + 𝟓 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐 = 𝟏+𝒅+𝟏+𝒅 = 𝟓𝒇 − 𝟑𝒇 + 𝟏𝟐𝒈 − 𝟑𝒈 =
𝟒𝟓 − 𝟏𝟓 + 𝟏𝟐𝒘 − 𝒘 = 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟓𝒚 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟖𝒂 + 𝟔𝒃 − 𝟒𝒂 − 𝟓𝒃 =
𝒙 + 𝟑 + 𝟔 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 – 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝒙 + 𝒙 + 𝒙 + 𝒙 + 𝒙 =
𝟒𝒘 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟕𝒚 − 𝟐𝒘 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏𝟑𝒚 = 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝒂 + 𝟐𝟎𝒈 + 𝟏𝟎𝟎 − 𝟏𝟓𝒈 − 𝟕𝟎 =
𝟏𝟎𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙𝒚𝟐 – 𝟏𝟕𝒚𝟐 – 𝒙𝒚𝟐 = 𝟕𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟖𝒙 – 𝟕𝒛 + 𝟏𝟖 𝒛 + 𝟔𝒙𝟐 =
𝟒𝒂𝒃 + 𝟐𝒃𝒂 + 𝟑𝒙𝒚 + 𝟓𝒚𝒙 + 𝟑𝒛 − 𝒂𝒃 + 𝟕𝒙𝒚 + 𝟑𝒛 =
8. Evaluate the next expressions APPLYING the distributive property and mental math.
𝟐 ∗ (𝟓 + 𝟑) = 𝟓 ∗ (𝟗 − 𝟑) = (𝟒 − 𝟏𝟎) ∗ 𝟕 = (𝟕. 𝟐 + 𝟏. 𝟗) ∗ 𝟐 =
−𝟏𝟎 ∗ (𝟏𝟖 + 𝟖) = (𝟔 + 𝟐𝟏) ∗ −𝟑 = (𝟏𝟐 − 𝟕) ∗ −𝟒 = 𝟔 ∗ (−𝟐. 𝟑 + 𝟑. 𝟖) =
9. APPLY distributive property to evaluate the next expressions.
𝟑 ∗ (𝒂 + 𝟐) = 𝟓 ∗ (𝒃 + 𝟑) = 𝟑 ∗ (𝒄 + 𝟐) = 𝟓 ∗ (𝒅 − 𝟏) =
𝟒 ∗ (𝒆 − 𝟗) = 𝟑 ∗ (𝒇 − 𝟖) = 𝟒 ∗ (𝟐 + 𝒇) = 𝟖 ∗ (𝟕 + 𝒛) =
−𝟐 ∗ (𝟑 − 𝒓) = −𝟓 ∗ (𝟓𝒙 − 𝟒) = 𝟕 ∗ (𝟏 − 𝒘) = (−𝟐𝒏 − 𝟑) ∗ −𝟖 =
𝟓 ∗ (𝟐𝒑 + 𝟏) = 𝟕 ∗ (𝟑𝒒 + 𝟐) = 𝟗 ∗ (𝟐𝒓 + 𝟑) = 𝟏𝟏 ∗ (𝟑𝒔 − 𝟒) =
𝟐 ∗ (𝟐𝒕 − 𝟓) = 𝟒 ∗ (𝟓𝒖 − 𝟏) = 𝟔 ∗ (𝟏 + 𝟐𝒗) = 𝟖 ∗ (𝟔 + 𝟒𝒘) =
𝟏𝟎 ∗ (𝟔 + 𝟕𝒙) = 𝟓 ∗ (𝟑 − 𝟓𝒙) = 𝟓 ∗ (𝟒 − 𝟑𝒙) = 𝟓 ∗ (𝟓 − 𝟖𝒙) =
10. Evaluate the next expressions APPLYING distributive property and collecting like terms.
𝟔 ∗ (𝟑 – 𝒙) + 𝟏𝟖 – 𝟔𝒙 = 𝟑𝟐 + 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟐𝟐 + 𝟔 ∗ (𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒛) =
11. WORD PROBLEM. There are 29 teams in the PROCESS AND ANSWER:
National Basketball Association (NBA). Each
team can have a maximum of 12 healthy players
plus 3 players on injured reserve. APPLY the
distributive property to find the maximum number
of players who can be in the NBA.
12. CALCULATE the next divisions.
𝟖 𝒂𝒃𝒄 ÷ 𝟐 𝒂𝒃𝒄 𝟒𝟎 𝒛 ÷ 𝟏𝟎 𝒛 𝟐𝟎𝒙𝒚 ÷ 𝟓 𝒙𝒚 𝟏𝟓𝟎𝒘 ÷ 𝟔𝒘 𝟏𝟐𝟓𝟎𝒓 ÷ 𝟏𝟎𝒓

13. SHOW the solution of these equations.

𝒙+𝟐=𝟔 𝒙+𝟔=𝟗 𝟒 + 𝒙 = 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟓 + 𝒙 = 𝟐𝟏 𝒙 − 𝟓 = 𝟏𝟎

𝒙−𝟒=𝟔 𝒙 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟏𝟐 𝟓𝒙 = 𝟐𝟎 𝟑𝒙 = 𝟑𝟎 𝟒𝒙 = 𝟐𝟖

𝒙 𝒙 𝒙 𝒙 𝒙
= 𝟏𝟎 =𝟗 =𝟖 = 𝟏𝟔 =𝟗
𝟓 𝟑 𝟐 𝟒 𝟐𝟕

14. ESTIMATE the value of “𝒙” in the next equations.

𝟓. 𝟐 = 𝒙 + 𝟑. 𝟖 𝟗=𝒙+𝟓 𝟏𝟐 = 𝒙 − 𝟔 𝟐𝟎 = 𝒙 − 𝟓

𝒙 𝒙
𝒂 + 𝟏𝟎. 𝟒 = −𝟏. 𝟏𝟕 𝟓𝟎 = 𝟏𝟎𝒙 𝟔= 𝟖=
𝟑 𝟖

15. SOLVE each of these equations. Check your answers.

𝒚 𝒚 𝒚 𝒚
+𝟓=𝟕 +𝟑=𝟔 −𝟓=𝟔 −𝟐=𝟎
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟓
 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟏 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟏 = 𝟏𝟏 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟖 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟖 = 𝟏𝟖

𝒛 𝒚
𝟏𝟕 = 𝟓𝒛 + 𝟐 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟑𝒛 − 𝟑 𝟓= +𝟐 𝟐= −𝟔
𝟒 𝟏𝟎

16. WORD PROBLEM. A company hired 140 PROCESS AND ANSWER:

employees during a year in which 93 employees
retired or left the company for other reasons. At
the end of the year, the company had 816
employees. FIND the number of employees the
company had at the beginning of the year. SHOW
and JUSTIFY each step of your solution.
18. Juan is making some shirts to sell at the basketball
17. WORD PROBLEM. You buy a book that is 540
games. He found a company that charges $30 for
pages long. You can read about 30 pages per
the design and $6.75 per shirt. Juan paid $327.
hour. How long does it take you to read the book?
How many shirts did he buy?
PROCESS AND ANSWER: PROCESS AND ANSWER:

19. WORD PROBLEM. A company hired 140 PROCESS AND ANSWER:

employees during a year in which 93 employees
retired or left the company for other reasons. At
the end of the year, the company had 816
employees. FIND the number of employees the
company had at the beginning of the year. SHOW
and JUSTIFY each step of your solution.
20. WORD PROBLEM. Nick opens a savings account 21. Jill made 𝟐𝟎 muffins. She put them into 𝟑 boxes
with $𝟓𝟎. Each week after, he deposits $𝟏𝟓. In and has two muffins left. How many are in each
how many weeks will he have saved $𝟓𝟎𝟎? box if they all contain the same amount of muffins?
PROCESS AND ANSWER. PROCESS AND ANSWER.

22. WORD PROBLEM. Describe a real-life problem that can be solved using the equation 𝟓𝟎𝒙 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎. Then
solve the problem.
YOUR PROBLEM. PROCESS AND ANSWER.

BIBLIOGRAFÍA
1. McDougal Littell (2005). Pre Algebra - Houghton Mifflin Company.
AUTHOR/ CREADO POR: APPROVED BY/APROBADO POR:
GUSTAVO ANDRÉS OJEDA CARO BRAYAN GERSAIN QUINTANILLA GONZALEZ
DATE /FECHA DE CREACIÓN: DATE APPROVED/ FECHA DE APROBACIÓN:
March 30th 2023 March 31st 2023