Forming Algebraic Expressions

1. In a football match, the red team scores 3 goals in the first half and in the second half another y
goals. How many goals did the red team score in the game altogether?

2. A can of ginger beer costs 60p. What is the cost of n cans of ginger beer?

pence

3. Barney cuts a 16cm length off a p cm length of ribbon. What is the length of the remaining piece
of ribbon?

cm

4. Mrs Rabbit shares 40 carrots out equally between her babies. She has r babies. How many carrots
does each baby get?

5. Class 10B are raising money for a school trip. They raise £w by washing cars, £b by packing bags
in the supermarket and £18 from a cake sale. How much money have they raised altogether?

£

6. There are t people on a train as it draws into Bolton station. At Bolton, m people get on and r
people get off. How many people are on the train now?

7. I have 114 jelly beans. I then eat x jelly beans and share the remaining jelly beans equally
between my brother and myself. How many jelly beans do we each get?

8. There are m Wow! bars in a multipack. Brian buys 6 multipacks

and x separate bars. How many Wow! bars does he have?

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9. Patrick’s mum buys m crabsticks to share equally between Patrick and his 3 brothers. Patrick eats
y of his share. How many crabsticks does Patrick have then?

10. A packet of cat food costs c pence. Its price is then reduced by 10p.
What is the cost of m packets of cat food at the reduced price?

pence

11. I buy 5 eggs and b sausages. The cost of an egg is m pence. The cost of a sausage is 20 pence.
How much change will I get from t pence?

pence

12. A piece of wood is x metres long. I remove a 6cm length and a 4m length. What is the length of
the remaining piece of wood, in cm?

cm

13. I buy q packets of sweets at 75p each and a chocolate bar at m pence. How much change do I get
from £10?

pence

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Forming Algebraic Expressions Answers
1. In a football match, the red team scores 3 goals in the first half and in the second half another y
goals. How many goals did the red team score in the game altogether?

3 + y

2. A can of ginger beer costs 60p. What is the cost of n cans of ginger beer?

60n pence

3. Barney cuts a 16cm length off a p cm length of ribbon. What is the length of the remaining piece
of ribbon?

(p - 16)cm

4. Mrs Rabbit shares 40 carrots out equally between her babies. She has r babies. How many carrots
does each baby get?

40
r

5. Class 10B are raising money for a school trip. They raise £w by washing cars, £b by packing bags
in the supermarket and £18 from a cake sale. How much money have they raised altogether?

£(w + b + 18)

6. There are t people on a train as it draws into Bolton station. At Bolton, m people get on and r
people get off. How many people are on the train now?

t+m-r

7. I have 114 jelly beans. I then eat x jelly beans and share the remaining jelly beans equally
between my brother and myself. How many jelly beans do we each get?

114
2- x

8. There are m Wow! bars in a multipack. Brian buys 6 multipacks

and x separate bars. How many Wow! bars does he have?

6m + x

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9. Patrick’s mum buys m crabsticks to share equally between Patrick and his 3 brothers. Patrick eats
y of his share. How many crabsticks does Patrick have then?

m
4 -y

10. A packet of cat food costs c pence. Its price is then reduced by 10p.
What is the cost of m packets of cat food at the reduced price?

m(c - 10) pence

11. I buy 5 eggs and b sausages. The cost of an egg is m pence. The cost of a sausage is 20 pence.
How much change will I get from t pence?

(t - 5m - 20b) pence

12. A piece of wood is x metres long. I remove a 6cm length and a 4m length. What is the length of
the remaining piece of wood, in cm?

(100x - 406)cm

13. I buy q packets of sweets at 75p each and a chocolate bar at m pence. How much change do I get
from £10?

(1000 - 75q - m) pence

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