IXL | Identify equivalent linear expressions: word problems

Amanda is hosting a movie marathon over the weekend. There will be p people at the party altogether. Amanda estimates she'll need one bag of cheese popcorn and one pack of gummy worms per person. A bag of cheese popcorn costs $2.50, and a pack of gummy worms costs $1.50.

Pick all the expressions that represent how much money Amanda will spend on cheese popcorn and gummy worms.

2.50

(

)

1.50

(

)

2.50

1.50

4.00

(

2.50

1.50

)

ref_doc_title.

Learn with an example

question

Jenna and her family went apple picking at an orchard. She filled one large basket with 8 green apples to make a pie. She also filled 3 small baskets with g green apples each to give to her friends as presents.

Pick all the expressions that represent how many apples Jenna picked in all.

solution

You can find how many apples Jenna picked in more than one way.

One way:
Add how many apples Jenna filled each basket with.

Jenna filled the large basket with 8 apples.
Jenna filled the small baskets with
g
+
g
+
g
apples. She filled each small basket with g apples, and there are 3 baskets.

So,

is one way to find how many apples Jenna picked in all.

Another way:
Add how many apples Jenna filled each basket with.

Jenna filled the large basket with 8 apples.
Jenna filled the small baskets with
3
g
apples. Multiply the number of small baskets Jenna filled, 3, by the number of apples in each small basket,
g.

So,

is one way to find how many apples Jenna picked in all.

Notice that the correct answers are equivalent expressions:

8
+
g
+
g
+
g
8
+
3
g

The other answer choices are not equivalent to these.

Looking for more? Try these:

Lesson: Equivalent expressions

$Confetti$

Excellent!

Now entering the Challenge Zone—are you ready?

Questions
answeredQuestions

Time
elapsedTime

hr	min	sec
00	00	04

SmartScore
out of 100
IXL's SmartScore is a dynamic measure of progress towards mastery, rather than a percentage grade. It tracks your skill level as you tackle progressively more difficult questions. Consistently answer questions correctly to reach excellence (90), or conquer the Challenge Zone to achieve mastery (100)! Learn more

Teacher tools

Work it out

Not feeling ready yet? These can help:

L.8Identify equivalent linear expressions II

Lesson: Equivalent expressions

Excellent! You got that right!

Jumping to level 1 of 1

Excellent!