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Words to Math:
How can we take real-world situations
and turn them into expressions?
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When solving real-world problems, you may
need to determine the action to know which
operation to use...
Action
Put parts together
Operation
add
put EQUAL parts together
multiply
find how much more or how much less
subtract
separate into EQUAL parts
divide
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Mrs. Phillips takes a taxi to go visit the homes of famous
mathematicians (and Luke Bryan). She pays a $5 flat fee, then
$1.75 per mile driven. Write an algebraic expression for m miles
driven on her taxi ride.
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Jill and Kelly work as consultants
and get paid per project. Jill is
paid a project fee of $25 plus $10
per hour. Write an expression to
represent how much a company
will pay to hire BOTH consultants
for a project.
Jill:
Kelly:
Combined:
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How much will they EACH make if they EACH work 10
hours???
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Marc is selling tickets for a concert. Adult tickets cost $16.60,
and children's tickets cost $12.20. He gets to keep 25% of the
money he collects from ticket sales. Write an expression that
shows how much Marc gets to keep.
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How much will he make if he sells 20 adult tickets and 40
children's tickets?
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A piece of fried chicken has 800 calories. One spoonful
of mashed potatoes has 120 calories. Write an
algebraic expression to show how many calories I ate if
I had a pieces of fried chicken and b spoonfuls of
mashed potatoes.
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Renee makes d dollars for every hour she
works. If she works 8 hours today, how
much money will she make? Write an
algebraic expression.
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Wendy caught 3 butterflies and some
lightning bugs while playing outside. How
many insects did she catch total? Write an
algebraic expression.
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My grandma baked a cake. She gave 3
pieces to me and let my friends have two
pieces each. How many pieces of cake
were there total? Write an algebraic
expression.
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Jonah answered 3 questions incorrectly on
his math test. He also did not complete 2
of them. How many questions did he
answer correctly? Write an algebraic
expression.
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Three couples go out to eat. They split the
bill so each person pays 1/3 of the total price
of dinner. Appetizers are $4 and entrees are
$10. Write an expression to show how much
each person pays.
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Simple and straight forward:
the product of 20 and t
24 less than a number
a number less 24
three times the sum of a number and five
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Let's practice!!!
Algebraic expression match up!!
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