You buy 20 cupcakes for $15 and are going to sell them for $2 each. You want to write an expression that represents how much money you will make each day that you sell cupcakes. Which of these quantities should be represented with a variable?(1 point)

Responses

the amount of money you spent on the cupcakes
the amount of money you spent on the cupcakes

the number of cupcakes sold
the number of cupcakes sold

the number of cupcakes you bought
the number of cupcakes you bought

the cost of each cupcake sold

9 answers

the number of cupcakes sold
How many variables are in the expression 4b^2+3 ?(1 point)
Responses

1
1

4
4

2
2

3
1
A farmer is selling carrots at his vegetable stand for $0.50
each. Write an expression that shows how much he would make from selling n carrots.(1 point)
Responses

2n
2 n

6n
6 n

0.50n
0.50 n

3n
0.50n
A student takes a 50-question test. Each question is worth 2 points. That means the whole test is worth 100 points, and the student loses 2 points for every question missed.

Write an expression to find the student’s test score if they get x questions wrong.

(1 point)
Responses

2x−50
2 x minus 50

50−2x
50 minus 2 x

2x−100
2 x minus 100

100−2x
100-2x
A person living in an apartment puts down a $300 deposit when they move in and then pays $700 of rent each month for a year. If the apartment is in good condition when they move out, then they get the deposit back. Write an expression to represent the housing cost for this situation if the renter gets the deposit back at the end of m months.(1 point)
Responses

700m−300
700 m minus 300

700+300m−700
700 plus 300 m minus 700

300+700m−300
300 plus 700 m minus 300

300+700m
300+700m