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Jeopardy Jeopardy Word Problems Order of Operations Translating Verbal Phrases Evaluating Variable Expressions Powers 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

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JeopardyJeopardyWord

ProblemsOrder of

Operations

Translating Verbal Phrases

Evaluating Variable

Expressions

Powers

100 100 100 100 100

200 200 200 200 200

300 300 300 300 300

400 400 400 400 400

500 500 500 500 500

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.

200Tickets 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.

300An 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.

400A 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.

500A 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.

100

8 + 15 ÷ 3 x 2

200

26 + 19

32

300

6 x [(44 – 9) ÷ 5]

400

18 – 3 x [(16 + 2) ÷ 6]

500

38 – 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: 72

300

Evaluate the power: 43

400

Evaluate the expression:

36 ÷ (9 – 7)2

500

Evaluate the expression:

(9 – 4)2 + 12