Mathematics Weekly Worksheet

G7 S1 TMI Basic Algebra

Name: ___________________________
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Solve the following problems.
1. Write an expression for each of the following.
a. Add 8 to w
b. Divide y by 5
c. Multiply 8 by t
d. The sum of 8 and

p
5

2. Find the value of the expression when x = 15

a. x + 5 =
b. x 10 =
c. 30 x =
d. 28 + x =
e. 3x =
f. 4x + 20 =
g. 35 5x =
h.

x
5

i.

4x
2

j.

20 x
6

+3=
- 12 =

3. Simplify the following expressions.

a. d + d + d + d =
b. 12t 5t =
c. 8h 3h 2h =
d. 8y + y 9y =
e. 10g 5g + 2g =
4. Simplify the following expressions
a. 7x + 3x +3 =
b. k 9 + 4k =
c. 4 + 7b 3 + 5b =
d. 10e 3e 6 + 6e =
e. 12r + 22 + 4r 7 =
5. Simplify the following expressions
a. 3 (x+5) 10 =
b. 2y + 3x + 12y + 16 =
c. 40y 15y 8y + 4x + 10 =

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6. Write an algebraic expression for the following.

a. Anna has $25. She received $y from her uncle. How much money does she have now?
b. A box of tomatoes weighs 10kg. The box weighs x kg. What is the mass of the
tomatoes?
c. A jar has k Liters of orange juice. Daisy added 2L of orange juice into the jar. Then he
poured the orange juice equally into 10 glasses. How much orange juice is in each
glass?
d. Lisa runs y km in 3 hours. How far does she run in 1 hour?
7. Ross has 5b kg of rice. He bought two more packets of rice. Each packets mass is b kg.
How much rice does she have now in terms of b?

8. On Monday, Lulu made 5y numbers of cupcakes. On Tuesday she made 6y numbers of

cupcakes. On Wednesday, her sister gave her 10 cupcakes. On Thursday, she made 8y
cupcakes. How many cupcakes does she have now?

9. A pen costs 7y dollars. A ruler costs 2 dollars less than a pen. How much will Lucy have to
pay if she buys:
a. 1 pen and 1 ruler
b. 2 pens and 2 rulers
c. 5 pens and 3 rulers
10.Devin is c years old. His mother is 5 times his age. His father is 4 years older than his
mother.
a. How old is Devins mother in terms of w?
b. How old is Devins father in terms of w?
c. If c = 6, how old is Devins father?