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CHAPTER
7 Algebraic Expressions
1. n is an odd number.
a) Find the sum of the next two even numbers in terms of n.
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4. Three years ago, Sharon was (8 ⴙ b) years old and Nora was (2b ⴚ 1) years
old. Lupe will be 3b years old in 2 years.
a) Write an expression in simplest form for the present day sum of the
three girls’ ages.
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5. The table below shows the admission prices for a theme park.
Student x
a) The weekday admission prices for all three categories (adult, student,
and child under 3 years) are $15 less than weekend admission prices.
Complete the table by writing expressions for the weekend admission
prices for all three categories.
c) If a student’s weekday ticket costs $18, find the total admission price
the group in b) will have to pay.
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b) How many bags of jewelry did Peter take to the trade show?
c) How much money did Peter receive from selling all the bags of jewelry?
Express your answer in terms of w.
7. Rosa has some coins in her piggy bank. There are y one-dollar coins and
15 more dimes than quarters. There are twice as many quarters as
one-dollar coins.
a) Write an expression that shows the number of quarters and dimes Rosa
has in terms of y.
b) Find the total amount of money she has in her piggy bank, in terms of y,
c) If Rosa has a total of 20 one-dollar coins in her bank, find the total
amount of money in her piggy bank.
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9.
Look at the first four lines of the pattern:
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22 ⴚ 12 ⴝ 3
32 ⴚ 22 ⴝ 5
42 ⴚ 32 ⴝ 7
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a) Write the fifth line of the pattern.
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10.
Mimi wants to make an open-topped box. She starts with a piece of
cardboard that has a length of 15 inches and a width of p inches. Then at
each of the four corners, she cuts out a square with sides of 3 inches. Finally,
she folds the cardboard along the dotted lines, as shown in the diagram
below, to make the box.
15 in.
p in.
3 in.
3 in.
a) Find, in terms of p, the area of the cardboard that is left after the
squares are cut out of the corners.
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The width of the original piece of cardboard is ×Êof its length. Find the
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value of p and the area of the cardboard before Mimi cuts it.
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