October 31st, 2014

Name ________________________________
Date ___________________
Directions: Evaluate each expression for the given variable then simplify the expression.

1. 2(-9r + 8)    use r = 2               2. 5(-3w - 6)     use w = 2    



3. -4(3s + 7)    use s = 4               4. -5(-8 + 2r)    use r = 4



5. 5(-4 - 3f)    use f = 2                 6. 2(3 - 6w)     use w = 8

October 30th, 2014

Name ________________________
Date ______________
Directions: Evaluate and simplify each expression for the given variable.

1. 7(-3w + 9)   use w = 4              2. -2(3k - 4)    use k = 9



3. 5(4 + 8x)    use x = 8               4. -5(8 + 4t)     use t = 5



5. -6(-2 + 9n)   use n = 6              6. -2(-4s + 9)    use s = 2

October 29th, 2014

Name ____________________________
Date _______________
Directions: Evaluate and simplify each expression for the given variable.

1. 5(4 + 8x)    use x = 8             2. 7(3w + 9)     use w = 4



3. 6(2 + 3f)    use f = 9              4. 5(8 + 4n)      use n = 7



5. 2(3k - 4)    use k = 9              6. -4(8 + 4y)     use y = 5 

October 28th, 2014

Name _______________________________
Date ______________________
Directions: Evaluate each expression for the given variable.

1. 6/n + 7      use n = 2                  2. 5 - 10/h      use h = 5



3. 7 - c/7      use c = 21                  4. k/5 - 2        use k = 10



5. 5 + 55/w   use w = 11                6. 18/d - 2       use d = 9

October 27th, 2014

Name _____________________________
Date ____________________
Directions: Evaluate each expression using the value given.

f - 5f     use f = 8                               5x - 7x       use x = 5


4n + 3n    use n = 4                           9s + 7s       use s = 3


k - 4k      use k = 9                            2d - 5d       use s = 6


3r + 5r    use r = 7                              8y + 6y     use y = 10                           

October 24th, 2014

Name ______________________________
Date _________________
Directions: Evaluate each expression for the given variable.

18x - 4x   use: x=3                        6/n + 7    use: n=2




5y + 3y    use: y=5                       k/5 - 2     use: k=10




12c - 9c   use: c=4                        7 - d/7     use: c=21

October 23rd, 2014

Name _________________________________
Date _____________________
Directions: Evaluate each expression using the value given.

4 + 8/h    use: h=4                                    9 - c/6    use: c=18 



8/s + 4    use: s=2                                     7 + t/2    use: t=4


6 + 36/r   use: r=9                                     28/x + 6   use: x=7


9 + n/7    use: n=21                                    5 + 10/d  use: d=5

October 22nd, 2014

Name _____________________________
Date _________________
Directions: Evaluate each expression using the value given.

2x + 6x    use: x=8                        10n + 5n     use: n=7


5z - 4z     use: z=3                         7x - 9x       use: x=4


3d + 6d    use: d=9                         6c + 7c      use: c=2


7r - 8r     use: r=5                           6k - 3k       use: k=6

October 21st, 2014

Name _____________________________
Date ________________
Directions: Evaluate each expression using the value given.

1. 5b                      2. 8v                3. 9/a                 4. z + 5
    (b = 5)                   (v = 6)             (a = 3)               (z = 9)





5. 12 - r                 6. 4f                 7. 15/n               8. 7k
    (r = 7)                   (f = 8)               (n = 3)              (k = 4)

October 20th, 2014

Name _________________________
Date ______________
Directions: Evaluate each expression using the value given.

1. C - C   use: C = 9       2. A - 7    use: A = 11      3. 6Y    use: Y = 9





4. 8Z     use: Z = 6      5. 16/U    use: U = 2      6. B + 5   use: B = 8

October 17th, 2014

Name ______________________________
Date __________________
Directions: Evaluate each expression using the values given.

1. 5n - 3n     use n=9               2. 8c + 6c      use c = 4



3. 8k - k     use k = 6               4. 9k - 3k       use k = 8




5. h + 6h    use h = 7               6. 10x - 7x     use x = 3

October 16th, 2014

Name ____________________________
Date ________________
Directions: Evaluate each expression for the given variable.

1) 6k - 3k   use k = 2                      4) 3d + d      use d = 6



2) 9x - x    use x = 3                        5) 7h - 2h     use h = 8



3) 3f + f    use f = 4                         6) h + 8h       use h = 9

October 15th, 2014

Name _______________________________
Date _________________
Directions: Evaluate each expression for the given variables.

1)  x + 6x     use: x = 8                       5)  8e - 4e    use: e = 7



2)  5z + 2z    use: z = 2                       6)  9n - n     use: n = 6



3)  3d + 4d    use: d = 9                      7) 9m + 7m   use: m = 4  



4) 3r + 5r      use: r = 5                       8)  7c - 2c      use: c = 3       

October 14th, 2014

Name ____________________________
Date __________________
Directions: Evaluate each expression for the given variable.

                             A = 3    B = 4   C = 5    D = 6

                      A + 9 =       B - 4 =      2C =       20/A

          C + 11 =        B10 =      30/D      40 - (A + B + C + D) =

October 10th, 2014

Name ______________________________
Date __________________
Directions: Evaluate each expression for the missing variable.

A) 91 + N = 177      B) 82 + N = 148       C) 28 + N = 115




D) 99 + N = 140       E) 58 + N = 113       F) N + 49 = 112




G) N + 88 = 135       H) 85 + N = 160       I) N + 92 = 178

October 9th, 2014

Name _____________________________
Date __________________
Directions: From the word problems below create an equation and solve for the missing variable.

In 1925 John Steinbeck Left college. He wrote for N years until he wrote "Of Mice and Men" in 1937. How many years did it take?



In 1929 John Steinbeck wrote his first novel. It was N years from then that he wrote his last novel. He wrote it in 1966. How many years had gone by?



Lennie weighs 250 pounds and George weighs N pounds. Together they weigh 415 pounds. How much does George weigh?

October 8th, 2014

Name ___________________________
Date ________________
Directions: From the given word problem write an equation and solve for the missing variable.

John Steinbeck was 66 years old when he died. He died in 1968. What year was he born?


John Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize in 1962. He was N years old when he did. He was born in 1902. How old was he when he won the Nobel Prize.


John Steinbeck began college in 1919. He was N years old. He was born in 1902. How old was he when he began college?

October 7th, 2014

Name ____________________________
Date __________________
Directions: Create equations from the word problems below and solve for the missing variable.

George is walking 18 miles a day. In the morning he walks N miles. In the afternoon he walked 7 miles. How many miles did he walk in the morning?


Lennie works at the ranch and at end of the month he earns $N. He has saved $235.00. At the end of the month he will have $500.00. How much did he earn for the month?


George is 34 years old and Lennie is N years old. Together they are 69 years old. how old is Lennie? 

October 6th, 2014

Name ____________________________
Date __________________
Directions: Use the given word problem to write an equation and then solve it (remember to show your work).

Lennie and George walk N miles from where they get off the bus. The total distance from one ranch to another is 100 miles. If the bus took them 90 miles of the way, how far did they have to walk to get to the next ranch?


Candy's dog had a birthday and was N years old. He was born in 1920. He reached that age in 1938. How old was he?


Candy is the oldest worker on the ranch. He is 73 years old. He was born in year N. He turned 73 in 1933. What year was he born?

October 3rd, 2014

Name ______________________________
Date _________________
Directions: Using the word problem create an equation and solve it.

George has $100.00 to put a down payment on some land. The land costs $570.00 to buy. How much does George still owe?


Lennie earns $200.00 a month working on a ranch. In one week he can earn $N. He makes $150.00 in 3 weeks. How much does he make a week?


George and Lennie travel 300 miles to the ranch they will work on. They travel N miles and still have 125 miles left to travel to get to the ranch. How many miles did they first travel?

October 2nd, 2014

Name _____________________________
Date __________________
Directions: Write an equation for each word problem and solve for the missing variable.

A number is taken from 67 and the difference is 32. What is the number?


87 is taken from a number and the difference is 29. What is the number?


The sum of two numbers is 115. The first number is a variable and the second is 47. What is the number?


A number plus 78 is 119. What is the number?

October 1st, 2014

Name ___________________________

Date _________________

Directions: Write then solve each equation for the missing variable.

A number is taken from 45. The difference is 27. What is the number?

37 is taken from a number. The difference is 23. What is the number?

The value of 29 is added to a number. The sum is 62. What is the number?

A number is added to 31. The sum is 89. What is the number?

A number is taken from 98. The difference is 39. What is the number?