Name _______________________
Choose an appropriate variable to describe each situation.
1. The number of hours you work in a week
2. The distance you travel
3. The height of an object over time
4. The area of a square
5. The number of steps you take in a minute
Write an expression to describe each situation.
6. You have a job earning $2000 a month
7. Avocados are sold for $1.50 each
8. A car travels 50 miles per hour for a certain number of hours
9. Your vacation costs you $500 for the airplane ticket plus $100 per day
10. Your cell phone costs $50 a month plus $0.25 for each text message
Underline the math verb(s) in the phrase.
11.Six times
12. Four plus minus six
13. Sixteen squared
14. divided by three minus eight
15. 225 raised to the power
