Jeopardy Word Problems Order of Operations Translating Verbal Phrases Evaluating Variable Expressions Powers

100 An old-fashioned bathtub weighs 236 pounds. A gallon of water weighs 8.33 pounds. Write a variable expression to find the weight of the tub and w gallons of water.

200 Tickets for a concert are $25 each. You also have to pay a handling fee of $3 per ticket. Write and evaluate a variable expression to find the total cost of purchasing 8 tickets.

300 An attendant at a snack bar makes a $1 commission for every bottle of juice he sells and $1.50 commission for every hamburger that he sells. Write a variable expression to find the total amount of commission that he makes selling j juice bottles and h hamburgers. Find his commission for selling 5 bottles of juice and 3 hamburgers.

400 A waitress receives a wage of $4.50 an hour plus she earns tips. Write a variable expression to find how much money she earns for h hours of work with t dollars in tips. Then, find out how much money she earned in one night when she worked 7 hours and earned $45 in tips.

500 A group of friends want to go to a movie and to the zoo. A ticket to the zoo costs $7.50 and a ticket to the movie costs $5.50. Write a variable expression to find the total cost of z zoo tickets and m movie tickets. Find the total cost if all 12 of the friends go to the movie but only 9 go to the zoo.

÷ 3 x 2

300 6 x [(44 – 9) ÷ 5]

– 3 x [(16 + 2) ÷ 6]

– 3(4 + 4) (56 ÷ 8)

100 A number decreased by 18

200 The sum of a number and 5

300 Write the verbal description for 9x

400 The quotient of 24 and a number

500 Write the verbal description for ¼ x

100 xy when x = 4 and y = 12

200 x ( y – 6) when x = 7 and y = 15

300 5(x + y) when x = 4 and y = 8

400 3x – 5y when x = 7 and y = 4

500 6x x – y when x = 7 and y = 5

100 Write the product as a power: 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5

200 Describe the power in words: 7 2

300 Evaluate the power: 4 3

400 Evaluate the expression: 36 ÷ (9 – 7) 2

500 Evaluate the expression: (9 – 4)