Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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| 1. | Susan
is selling tickets for the school drama production. Adult tickets are $5 and student tickets
are $3. Write an expression for the total amount of money Susan will collect, where a
represents the number of adult tickets she sells, and s represents the number of student
tickets she sells.
a. | 5a + 3s | b. | 3a +
5s | c. | 8(a +
s) | | |
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| 2. | Using
the expression and problem from Question 1, determine the total amount of money Susan will collect if
she sells 10 adult tickets and 7 student tickets.
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| 3. | Calculate the value of the expression (4a - b) ¸ c when a = 5, b
= 6, and c = 2.
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| 4. | Calculate the value of the expression 2x - 6y + 7 when x = -3 and y =
-2.
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| 5. | Write
an algebraic expression to represent the total value of any combinations of loonies, twoonies and $5
bills in a cash register.
Let l represent the number of
loonies.
Let t represent the number of
twoonies.
Let f represent the number of $5 bills.
a. | l + 2t +
5f | b. | 5l + 2t +
5 | c. | 5t + 2l +
f | | |
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| 6. | Use
the correct expression from Question 5 to determine how much money is in the cash register if there
are 17 loonies, 12 twoonies, and 18 $5 bills.
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| 7. | During the summer Tim sells fries and hot dogs from his snack mobile on Broadway
in Winnipeg. Fries cost $2.50 and hot dogs cost $3.25.
Write an
algebraic expression to represent the total amount of money Tim receives if:
f represents the number of orders of french fries sold
h represents the number of hot dogs sold
a. | 2.50f +
3.25h | b. | 3.25f + 2.50h | c. | 5.75(f +
h) | | |
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| 8. | Use
the correct expression from Question 7 to determine how much money Tim receives during a busy lunch
hour if he sold 48 orders of fries and 57 hotdogs.
a. | $298.50 | b. | $305.25 | c. | $603.75 | | |
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| 9. | Jim
is buying flowers for his flower garden. Impatients cost $3.25/dozen, marigolds cost $4.25/dozen and
petunias cost $5.50/dozen.
Write an
algebraic expression to represent the total cost of the flowers if:
p represents the number of dozen of petunias
m represents the number of dozen marigolds
t represents the number of dozen impatients
a. | 3.25p + 4.25m +
5.50t | b. | 13 (p + m + t) | c. | 5.50p + 4.25m +
3.25t | | |
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| 10. | Use
the correct expression from Question 9 to determine how much Jim will pay for his flowers if he buys
3 dozen impatients, 2 dozen petunias and 4 dozen marigolds.
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