Name

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Give each answer.

Evaluate each expression.
1. 23 12 4
2. (62 4) 2
3. 9 3 5 4
4. 52 8 3 6
5. 7 (33 6) 3

11
64
20
29
14

Write algebraic expressions.

6. 9 less than a number p

p9
7. m oranges divided among 3 friends

m3
8. 4 times the number of g girls

4g
9. 12 more than a number k times 8

8k 12
Compute mentally.
10. 25 43 75

(75 25) 43 143

(7 20) (7 8)
140 56 196

12. 4 89 25

(4 25)89
100 89 8,900

a. Write an expression to represent the

posters and flyers Julia will make.

Sample answer: 8p 30f

b. Identify the variables and the
operations. Tell what the variables
represent.

Sample answer: p and f are

variables; the operations are
multiplication and addition;
p stands for posters and
f stands for flyers.
c. Evaluate the expression to find Julias
total cost if the price of poster board
is $4 each and the price of multicolored paper is $2 each. Show your
work.

$92; 8(4) 30(2)

32 60 92

Find each missing number. Tell what

property or properties are shown.
14. 8 56 5 8 ___ 56

5; Commutative
Property of Multiplication
15. 18 46 12 (18 ___) 46

12; Commutative and

Associative Properties of
Addition

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13. Writing to Explain Julia is making

posters and flyers to announce that
she is running for student council.
She bought poster board for
8 posters and multi-colored paper
for 30 flyers.

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Input

Output

10

16. If the input number is 12, what is the

output number?

On a field trip to Balboa Island, Ms. Wetzel

bought frozen bananas for the students in
her class. Each frozen banana at a stand
cost $2.
26. Use the expression 2x to make a
table that shows the cost for 2, 4, 6,
and 8 frozen bananas.

Number of
Frozen Bananas

Total
Cost

2
4
6
8

$4
$8
$12
$16

16
17. If the output number is 19, what is the
input number?

15
18. Write an algebraic expression that
describes the output pattern if the
input is a variable x.

x4
Use the Distributive Property and mental
math to evaluate.
19. 3(20 4)

72

20. 9(18) 9(12)

270

21. 7(43)

301

Evaluate each expression for 3, 5, and 7.

22. 3x
23. 2x 6

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24. 105 x
25. x 2
2

82

9; 15; 21
0; 4; 8
35; 21; 15
11; 27; 51

27. Using the pattern in the table, what

will be the cost to buy frozen bananas
for 12 students?

$24
28. If Ms. Wetzel paid $48 for the frozen
bananas, how many did she buy?

24 frozen bananas
29. Nicole rides her bicycle 2 miles to
school each day. After school, she
rides 3 miles to the library, and then
2.5 miles home. Use one of the
properties of operations to write two
different number sentences for the
distance she rides her bicycle each
day. Identify the property you used.

2 3 2.5; 2 (3 2.5);
Associative Property
of Addition
30. Justin paid $65 for a pair of boots
and $6 each for hiking socks. Write
an expression for this situation.

Sample answer:
65 6s
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Use the input/output table for 16 through 18.