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My Math Booklet 4

Term 2 – Grade 7

Algebraic Expressions

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Class: ____________________________
Translating Algebraic Phrases (C)
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Write an algebraic expression for each phrase.
1. the sum of a number t and twelve

2. a number v to the power of seven

3. the total of thirty and a number w

4. the quotient of two and a number x

5. a number n multiplied by sixty-two

6. the product of ifty-two and a number h

7. a number q increased by eighty

8. seventy-six more than a number j

9. twelve less than a number g

10. ninety-six added to a number c

11. seventy-two subtracted from a number f

12. eighty- ive divided by a number z

13. the difference between ifty-one and a number b

14. the sum of ninety-two and a number d

15. the quotient of a number m and seventy-three

16. a number r divided by ifty-one

17. a number p minus fourteen

18. a number y decreased by ninety-six

19. a number s added to twenty- ive

20. the difference between a number k and two

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Translating Algebraic Phrases (B)
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Write an algebraic expression for each phrase.
1. a number d minus seventeen

2. a number w added to ifty

3. a number c to the power of eighty-four

4. the product of ninety-two and a number p

5. the difference between a number k and ifty-four

6. the quotient of twenty-three and a number f

7. a number q plus ninety-eight

8. the sum of seventy-seven and a number t

9. the quotient of a number h and thirty-nine

10. ifty-four added to a number v

11. ninety-seven times a number m

12. sixty-seven subtracted from a number z

13. a number b increased by three

14. thirty- ive less than a number g

15. a number y multiplied by thirty- ive

16. a number j divided by sixteen

17. the total of sixty and a number r

18. ifty- ive to the sth power

19. the difference between eight and a number x

20. forty-four more than a number n

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Translating Algebraic Phrases (A)
Name: Date:
Write an algebraic expression for each phrase.
1. a number b divided by thirty-six

2. sixty-six subtracted from a number p

3. the quotient of twenty-nine and a number h

4. a number n plus forty-nine

5. three divided by a number g

6. the total of twenty-four and a number x

7. the difference between eighteen and a number m

8. a number k added to twenty-eight

9. ninety-eight more than a number d

10. a number j multiplied by ifty-six

11. a number y increased by eighty-six

12. twenty-nine to the wth power

13. a number q decreased by eighty- ive

14. the difference between a number f and two

15. the quotient of a number t and thirty-seven

16. a number s minus eighty-two

17. the product of a number z and eighty-four

18. a number v to the power of sixty- ive

19. the sum of forty- ive and a number r

20. the product of ifty-two and a number c

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Translating Algebraic Phrases (B)
Name: Date:
Write an algebraic expression for each phrase.
1. the square of the quotient of a number z and thirty-one

2. the sum of a number d and its cube

3. the difference of a number n and itself

4. the quotient of a number y and itself

5. the sum of a number w and twenty-four to the power of four

6. four times the square of a number k divided by forty-one more than e

7. the difference between the cube of a number m and forty-seven

8. a number v squared plus twice the same number minus seventy

9. the product of a number q and seventy-two is divided by seventy-six

10. the difference of the square root of a number p and eight

11. the square root of the difference of a number c and sixteen

12. the sum of a number f and itself

13. ifty-nine times the sum of a number g and thirty-one

14. half of the square root of a number h

15. the product of a number t and itself

16. three ifths of a number x is subtracted from sixty- ive

17. the sum of two ifths of a number s and twenty-two

18. the inverse of a number j

19.
seventy times the cube of the difference of a number b and thirty-
nine
the product of a number r plus eighty- ive and the same number mi-
20.
nus forty-four

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Translating Algebraic Phrases (A)
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Write an algebraic expression for each phrase.
1. the product of a number n and six is divided by thirty-one

2. the product of a number b and itself

3. the square root of the product of a number z and itself

4. the sum of a number p and its cube

5. the square of the quotient of a number v and ive

6. the sum of a number q and sixty-four divided by eighty-three

7. the difference of the square root of a number r and thirty-seven

8. the difference of a number m and itself

9. a number y squared plus twice the same number minus seventy-four

10. the square root of the difference of a number d and seventy-nine

11. the inverse of a number h

12. two times the cube of the difference of a number w and forty-two

13. the sum of a number f and itself

14. four times the square of a number t divided by fourteen more than e

15. the quotient of a number g and itself

16. ifteen times the sum of a number s and twenty-nine

17. the sum of one ninth of a number x and ifty-one

18. the sum of a number k and eighty-three to the power of four

19. a number j multiplied by itself thirty-four times

20. one half of a number c is subtracted from nineteen

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Evaluating Expressions (D)
Evaluate each expression using the value given.
1. c÷c 6. 9y 11. 6÷v
(c = 6) (y = 3) (v = 7)

2. x÷x 7. z÷z 12. a+4


(x = 7) (z = 1) (a = 3)

3. b·b 8. 2x 13. y+7


(b = 9) (x = 4) (y = 8)

4. x·x 9. b÷b 14. c−1


(x = 3) (b = 9) (c = 10)

5. 5b 10. c÷6 15. z÷2


(b = 2) (c = 3) (z = 6)

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Evaluating Expressions (C)
Evaluate each expression using the value given.
1. z+8 6. 10u 11. c−2
(z = 9) (u = 9) (c = 10)

2. 5+x 7. z÷4 12. a÷a


(x = 5) (z = 2) (a = 3)

3. v−v 8. 5c 13. 10b


(v = 5) (c = 4) (b = 5)

4. u−2 9. 8v 14. 7+y


(u = 3) (v = 4) (y = 5)

5. 9−a 10. 10 − c 15. b÷b


(a = 5) (c = 4) (b = 5)

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Evaluating Expressions (A)
Evaluate each expression using the values given.

1. b · (9 − b) · b 6. (z − z ÷ 6) · 6 11. u ÷ a · a2
(b = 9) (z = 10) (a = 1, u = 10)

2. u − (u − u)3 7. b4 ÷ b · 10 12. 6÷3+y+8


(u = 10) (b = 1) (y = 7)

3. (y + y − y) ÷ y 8. x + (5 − 1)2 13. 9−6÷b÷2


(y = 2) (x = 1) (b = 8)

4. (5 ÷ (x + 4))3 9. a3 ÷ a2 14. ax ÷ (6a)


(x = 1) (a = 2) (a = 9, x = 3)

5. (c − (c − c)) · 2 10. 8+1+4+u 15. a+9−7÷a


(c = 5) (u = 1) (a = 2)

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Evaluating Expressions (A)
Evaluate each expression using the values given.
1. (u − u ÷ (8 − x)) · 7 − u 6. (2 − v) ÷ (10 ÷ y · 3) ÷ 5
(x = 4, u = 6) (y = 8, v = 2)

2. b+3+2−z+8−b 7. v · v − y + cy · 5
(b = 8, z = 1) (y = 1, c = 7, v = 3)

3. 3 ÷ 1 (u + 1 ÷ 6 + a) 8. (z − 7) ÷ (9 − (4 − 3) · 7)
(a = 6, u = 3) (z = 10)

4. (x − c) ÷ (4 ÷ (4 · 3)) − 4 9. x − 7 + y (x − (y − 7))
(x = 9, c = 5) (y = 7, x = 7)

5. 10 ÷ (6 ÷ (a · a)) · a ÷ 9 10. (x − 6 ÷ 2) ÷ (c · c) · 2
(a = 3) (x = 8, c = 6)

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Simplifying Linear Expressions (A)
Simplify each expression by combining like terms.

1. 6w - 6w + 6w + 9w

2. -5p + 1 - 5 + 1

3. -7y + 4 - 7y + 1

4. b + 2 + 2 - 7b

5. 3 + 2q + 6 - q

6. -8 + 3v - 5 - 4v

7. 2r + 9r + 9 + 4

8. 9x - 9x - 8 + 6

9. -9v + 7v + 3v - 9v

10. 3 - 2a + 3a + 5a

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Simplifying Linear Expressions (C)
Simplify each expression by combining like terms.

1. -4k - 5 - 9 - 1

2. -5a - 7 - 6 - 1

3. -1 + 5t + 3 + 8t

4. -w + w - 3 - 9w

5. 9x - 4x + 6x - 9

6. -5w + 6w - 2 - 8w

7. -5s - 8s - 1 + 2s

8. -2t - 3 + 6t + 7

9. -3 + 5 + 8 - 9r

10. -7f + 2f + 4 + 4

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Simplifying Linear Expressions (A)
Simplify each expression by combining like terms.

1. -7d - 3 + 3d - 4d - 4d

2. -3 + 2r + 7r + 4 + 8r

3. -4 - 8 + 3h - 8h - 5h

4. 8r + 9 - 4r - 3r - 8r

5. -3m - 1 + m - 5m - 2m

6. 2z - 7 - 8z + 9z + 9

7. -1 - 9n + 8n + 7 - 7

8. -8r - 2r + 3r - r + 3

9. 8w - 6w + 5 + 5 - 1

10. 3h - 3h + 7h + 8h + 3

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Simplifying Algebraic Fractions (A)
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Simplify each expression as a single fraction.

1.
4x
6
+ x+6 3 2.
8x
3
+ x−9 2

3.
4x
8
− 6x 4.
9x
8
− x−8 1

5.
6x
4
+ x−7 2 6.
8x
9
+ x+4 3

7.
4x
7
− x−9 1 8.
5x
7
− x−3 3

9.
9x
3
+ x−5 3 10.
5x
8
+ x+6 1

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Distributive Property (A)
Use the distributive property to simply each expression.

2(4 + 9w) -8(6x + 3)

-4(-4d - 5) -6(8p + 3)

2(3v - 8) (2 - 5m)(-5)

4(-6z + 4) -9(n - 4)

(-5d + 1)(-2) -4(9k + 9)

2(-5 - 7j) (3b - 2)(-3)

-3(3 - 8j) -(-5 - 3v)

-8(2 + 9v) -9(8 - 2h)

(-5f + 8)4 (7x - 8)(-1)

-(6 - 4p) 9(8 + 5t)

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Distributive Property (B)
Use the distributive property to simply each expression.

-5(-2f - 6) 8(1 + j)

4(7 + 9j) -3(-2g + 1)

-(1 - 6n) (7 + 5t)7

(-7 + w)6 -2(8 + 2q)

-9(6 + k) -2(6g + 4)

-9(-7 - 7m) (c - 6)1

(-6 + 9h)6 9(-3 - r)

(2c + 6)(-8) 2(1 - 8g)

-9(-8p - 8) (8m - 8)9

2(9j + 7) 4(9f + 7)

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Subtracting Linear Expressions (A)
Simplify each expression.

1. -9(7) - 5(2p - 9)

2. 9(-7x + 5) - 2(5x + 5)

3. (-8x + 6) - 3(-3x - 3)

4. 4(7c + 1) - 2(4c + 2)

5. 7(8w - 9) - 4(-5w + 3)

6. -3(-3p + 5) - 4(-2p - 5)

7. -2(-8w + 8) - 3(-5w - 8)

8. -3(6d - 9) - 3(-d + 9)

9. -4(-1) - 5(9d)

10. 9(-6c - 9) - 2(-3c + 7)

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Subtracting Linear Expressions (B)
Simplify each expression.

1. -5(2n + 4) - 2(-5n + 5)

2. 3(-5d - 2) - 2(-5d - 2)

3. 3(-9v - 6) - 5(5v + 6)

4. -5(-7q - 3) - 2(-9q + 4)

5. 9(6m + 4) - 9(-7m + 5)

6. -4(-5q + 7) - 3(-8q + 2)

7. 2(-7c + 5) - 4(7c + 2)

8. 2(4w + 9) - 9(-w - 8)

9. 2(-3w + 6) - 7(4w + 5)

10. -2(5a - 6) - 8(8a - 7)

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Adding Linear Expressions (B)
Simplify each expression.

1. 6(-z + 3) + 8(-3z + 6)

2. -4(8f + 6) + 8(-f + 3)

3. -3(-2w - 4) + 8(-7w - 5)

4. 3(-3y - 7) + 4(-9y - 4)

5. -2(6d + 3) + 5(5d - 1)

6. -9(-6a + 2) + 3(-a + 3)

7. 4(-8m + 9) + 7(-2m + 1)

8. (-2g + 4) + 5(7g - 1)

9. 7(-4n + 6) + 6(n + 3)

10. -7(-6d - 9) + 9(-9d - 1)

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Adding Linear Expressions (A)
Simplify each expression.

1. -3(3h + 1) + 4(-2h - 4)

2. 6(6n + 2) + 9(-8n - 1)

3. 9(-x - 5) + 5(x + 7)

4. -3(5c + 9) + 6(3c - 9)

5. -2(2b + 5) + 3(7b - 7)

6. 9(8y + 6) + 2(-8y + 5)

7. 2(6q + 6) + 3(4q + 6)

8. -6(-4p - 8) + 9(-4p - 8)

9. 7(2t - 2) + 2(-5t - 1)

10. (2c + 1) + 8(-5c + 2)

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Leveled Practice For 8–10, fill in the boxes to complete the problems.

Evaluate when and . Evaluate when .

10.2( ) ( ) ( )

Write an expression that represents the height of a tree that began at 6 feet
and increases by 2 feet per year. Let y represent the number of years.
y

For 11–14, evaluate each expression for the given value of the variable(s).

Model with Math What expression can be Model with Math Which expression can be
used to determine the total cost of buying used to determine the total weight of a box
g pounds of granola for $3.25 per pound and that by itself weighs 0.2 kilogram and contains
f pounds of flour for $0.74 per pound? p plaques that weigh 1.3 kilograms each?

𝖠
𝖡
𝖢
𝖣 1.2p

4-1 Write and Evaluate Algebraic Expressions 201

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The expression represents a Be Precise A full grain silo


submarine that began at a depth of 120 feet empties at a constant rate.
below sea level and ascended at a rate of Write an expression to
13 feet per minute. What was the depth of the determine the amount
submarine after 6 minutes? of grain left after
s seconds.

Higher Order Thinking For the expression to have a negative


value, what must be true about the value of x?

Assessment Practice
Joe bought g gallons of gasoline for $2.85 per gallon and c cans of oil for
$3.15 per can.
PART A PART B
What expression can be used to determine the Joe spent $15. He bought 2 cans of oil. About how
total amount Joe spent on gasoline and oil? many gallons of gasoline did he buy?

𝖠 2.5
𝖡 3
𝖢 3.5
𝖣 4

The outside temperature was at 1 P.M. and decreases at a rate of


each hour. What expression can be used to determine the
temperature h hours after 1 P.M.?

202 4-1 Write and Evaluate Algebraic Expressions

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For 7–9, write an equivalent expression.

Which expression is equivalent to

𝖠
𝖡
𝖢 6t
𝖣 10t

The distance in feet that Karina swims in a race


is represented by , where d is the distance
for each lap. What is an expression equivalent
to ?

Use the Associative Property to write an expression equivalent


to .

Nigel is planning his training schedule for a marathon over a 4-day Marathon Training Plan
period. He is uncertain how many miles he will run on two days.
One expression for the total miles he will run is . Day Miles to Run

Use the Commutative Property to write an equivalent expression. 1 12


2 y
3 17
4 z

4-2 Generate Equivalent Expressions 207

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Maria said the expression Write an expression equivalent to .


is equivalent to 4n. What error did Maria
likely make?

Andre wrote the expression to represent the relationship


Value of
shown in the table. x
Expression
Write two other expressions that also represent the relationship shown
0
in the table.
6 6
12 14

Higher Order Thinking To rent a car for a trip, four friends are
combining their money. The group chat shows the amount of
money that each puts in. One expression for their total amount
of money is 189 plus p plus 224 plus q.
a. Use the Commutative Property to write two equivalent
expressions.

b. If they need $500 to rent a car, find at least two different


pairs of numbers that p and q could be.

Assessment Practice
Select all expressions equivalent to .

208 4-2 Generate Equivalent Expressions

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In 7–10, simplify each expression.

Which expression is equivalent to Which expression is equivalent to

𝖠 𝖠
𝖡 𝖡
𝖢 𝖢
𝖣 𝖣

The dimensions of a garden are shown.


Write an expression to find the perimeter.

Simplify the expression .

4-3 Simplify Expressions 213

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Simply Simplify .

Construct Arguments Explain whether is equivalent to .


Support your answer by evaluating the expression for .

The signs show the costs of different games at a math


festival. How much would it cost n people to play
Decimal Decisions and Ratio Rage?

Higher Order Thinking In the expression , a is a decimal


and b is a fraction. How do you decide whether to write a as a
fraction or b as a decimal?

Assessment Practice
Select all expressions equivalent to .

214 4-3 Simplify Expressions

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Leveled Practice For 7–8, fill in the boxes to expand each expression.

For 9–14, write the expanded form of the expression.

Higher Order Thinking A grocery store has a 13%-off sale on all bread.
You decide to purchase 6 loaves of bread. Let b be the original price of a
loaf of bread. Expand the expression . Once the expression is
expanded, what do the terms represent?

A gardener plans to extend the length of a rectangular garden.


Let x represent the garden’s original length. The expression
represents the area of the extended garden. When asked for
the area of the extended portion, the gardener incorrectly said
it was 11 square feet. Describe the error the gardener made.

4-4 Expand Expressions 219

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Find a difference equivalent to the product Use the Distributive Property to write an
. expression equivalent to .

Make Sense and Persevere Use the Distributive Use the Distributive Property to write an
Property to expand . expression equivalent to .

An architect plans to build an extension to Meiling’s rectangular


deck. Let x represent the increase, in meters, of her deck’s length.
The expression represents the area of the deck, where 5 is
the width, in meters, and represents the extended length,
in meters. Use the Distributive Property to write an expression that
represents the total area of Meiling’s new deck.

Assessment Practice
Select all expressions equivalent to .

3x

An expression is shown.

Create an equivalent expression without


parentheses.

220 4-4 Expand Expressions

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Leveled Practice In 6–9, factor the expression.

. .

The GCF of 16a and 10 is 2. The positive GCF of and is 3.

The factored expression is . The factored expression is .

This model shows the area of a garden. Write two expressions that
represent the area.

Use the GCF to write the factored form of the expression  .

Find the dimensions of the sports field at the


right if the width is at least 60 yards.

Your friend incorrectly factors the expression You are given the expression .
as .
Make Sense and Persevere What is
Factor the expression correctly. the first step in factoring the
expression?

What error did your friend likely make?


Factor the expression.

4-5 Factor Expressions 225

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A hotel manager is adding


a tile border around the
hotel’s rectangular pool.
Let x represent the width
of the pool, in feet. The
length is 3 more than
2 times the width, as
shown. Write two
expressions that give the
perimeter of the pool.

Higher Order Thinking Use the expressions Construct Arguments Ryan says the expression
below. cannot be factored using a GCF. Is he
correct? Explain why or why not.

a. Circle the expressions that have like terms.


b. Explain why the other expressions do not have
like terms.

Assessment Practice
Select all the expressions equivalent to .

Write an expression that is the product of two factors and is equivalent


to .

226 4-5 Factor Expressions

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Leveled Practice For 8–9, fill in the boxes to add the expressions.

Find the sum. Combine like terms.

Felipe is going to plant b sunflower seeds in one garden and


sunflower seeds in another. How many seeds is Felipe
going to plant altogether?

An art class is making a mural for the school that has a triangle drawn
in the middle. The length of the bottom of the triangle is x. Another side
is 1 more than three times the length of the bottom of the triangle. The
last side is 2 more than the bottom of the triangle. Write and simplify an
expression for the perimeter of the triangle.

On a math test, Sarah has to identify all the coefficients and constants
of the expression . Sarah identifies the only coefficient as 7 and
the only constant as 4.

Identify all the coefficients of the expression.

Identify all the constants of the expression.

What error did Sarah likely make?

4-6 Add Expressions 237

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The width of a rectangle is feet and the Nina has x coins. Clayton has 5 fewer coins than
length is feet. Find the perimeter of the six times the number of coins Nina has. Write an
rectangle. expression for the total number of coins Nina
and Clayton have altogether. Then simplify the
expression.

Higher Order Thinking Use the expression .

Find the sum.

Reasoning Explain how you know when to combine terms with


variables.

Gabe went to the Florida Mall. He bought k model planes and spent $24
on books. Then he spent another $25 at another store.

Write an expression that represents the amount Gabe spent at the mall.

How much did Gabe spend in all if he bought 3 model planes?

Assessment Practice
A middle school with x students conducted a survey to determine students’
Tuesday afternoon activities.

PART A Write an expression for each activity.

25 more than one-tenth 20 fewer than three-tenths 21 more than one-tenth


of the students dance. of the students play soccer. of the students play baseball.

PART B Write a simplified expression to represent the number of students who


either dance or play baseball on Tuesday afternoons.

238 4-6 Add Expressions

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Reasoning Eric is planning an event at a hotel. Let g stand
for the number of Eric’s guests. The two expressions represent
the difference between the cost of the rooms. Expression 1:
. Expression 2: . What can
you tell about Expression 2 and Expression 1?

A student received a coupon for 17% off the Kirana buys boxes of crackers that each have
total purchase price at a clothing store. Let b the same cost, c. She represents the cost of 3
be the original price of the purchase. Use the boxes of cheese crackers, 2 boxes of poppy seed
expression for the new price of the crackers, and 2 boxes of plain crackers using
purchase. Write an equivalent expression by the expression . What equivalent
combining like terms. expression can represent the cost?

A student received a coupon for 14% off the total purchase price at
a clothing store. Let c be the original price of the purchase. The
expression represents the new price of the purchase. Write an
equivalent expression to show another way to represent the new price.

A farmer recently sold a large plot of land. The An art teacher enlarged the area of a copy
sale decreased his total acreage by 8%. Let v be of a painting by 49%. Let d represent the
the original acreage. area of the original painting. The expression
is one way to represent the area
a. Find two equivalent expressions that will give
of the new painting. Write two additional
the new acreage.
expressions that will give the area of the new
painting.

b. Use the expressions to describe two ways to


find the new acreage.

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Use Structure The area of a rectangular The manager of a store increases the price of the
playground has been extended on one side. bathing suits by 7%. Let t be the original price of
The total area of the playground, in square a bathing suit. The new price is .
meters, can be written as .
a. Find an expression equivalent to .
Rewrite the expression to give a possible set
of dimensions for the playground.
b. If the original price of a bathing suit was
$19.99, estimate the new price by first rounding
the original price to the nearest dollar.

Higher Order Thinking A customer at a clothing store is


buying a pair of pants and a shirt. The customer can choose
between a sale that offers a discount on pants, or a coupon
for a discount on the entire purchase. Let n represent the
original price of the pants and s represent the price of
the shirt.
a. Write two expressions that represent the
“15% off sale on all pants” option.

b. Write two expressions that represent the


“10% off her entire purchase” option.

c. If the original cost of the pants is $25 and the shirt is


$10, which option should the customer choose? Explain.

Assessment Practice
At a college, the cost of tuition increased by 10%. Let b represent the
former cost of tuition. Use the expression for the new cost
of tuition.
PART A PART B
Write an equivalent expression for the new cost What does your equivalent expression tell you
of tuition. about how to find the new cost of tuition?

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