Transcript Expressions
Warm Up
Ella purchased 2 DVDs and 3 CDs from Tyler’s Electronics at the prices
listed below. After taxes, her total cost increased by $5.60.
Item
Cost ($)
CD
c
DVD
d
1.
How can you write the cost of 2 DVDs as an algebraic expression?
2.
How can you write the cost of 2 DVDs and 3 CDs as an algebraic
expression?
3.
How can you write the cost of 2 DVDs and 3 CDs, increased by
$5.60 for taxes, as an algebraic expression?
EXPRESSIONS
Vocabulary
• Algebraic Expression: a mathematical statement that includes
numbers, operations, and variables to represent a number or
quantity
• Variables: a letter used to represent a value or unknown
quantity that can change or vary
• Term: a number, a variable, or the product of a number and
variable(s)
• Factors: one of two or more numbers or expressions that
when multiplied produce a given product
• Coefficient: the number multiplied by a variable in an
algebraic expression
• Constant: a quantity that does not change
Expression
Terms
Factors
Coefficient
Constants
𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟕
• Like Terms: terms that contain the same variables
raised to the same power
5x + 3x – 9
What are the like terms?
Example 1: Identify each term, coefficient,
constant, and factor
2(3 + x) + x(1 – 4x) + 5
Terms:
Coefficients:
Constants:
Factors:
Example 2: A smartphone is on sale for 25% off its list price.
The sale price of the smartphone is $149.25. What
expression can be used to represent the list price of the
smartphone? Identify each term, coefficient, constant, and
factor of the expression described.
Terms:
Coefficients:
Constants:
Factors:
Example 3: Helen purchased 3 books from an online
bookstore and received a 20% discount. The shipping cost
was $10 and was not discounted. Write an expression that
can be used to represent the total amount Helen paid for 3
books plus the shipping cost. Identify each term, coefficient,
constant, and factor of the expression described.
Terms:
Coefficients:
Constants:
Factors:
Try on your own: Tara and 2 friends had dinner at a Spanish
tapas restaurant that charged $6 per tapa, or appetizer. The
three of them shared several tapas. The total bill included
taxes of $4.32. What are the terms, factors, and coefficients
of the algebraic expression that represents the number of
tapas ordered, including taxes?
Warm Up
At the beginning of the school year, Javier deposited $750 in
account that pays 3% of his initial deposit each year. He left the
money in the bank for 5 years.
1. How much interest did Javier earn in 5 years?
2. After 5 years, what is the total amount of money that Javier
has?
Example 1: A new car loses an average value of $1,800 per year
for each of the first six years of ownership. Which Nia bought her
new car, she paid $25,000. The expression 25,000 – 1,800y
represents the current value of the car, where y represents the
number of years since Nia bought it. What effect, if any, does the
change in number of years since Nia bought the car have on the
original price of the car?
Example 2: To calculate the perimeter of an isosceles triangle,
the expression 2s + b is used, where s represents the length of
the two congruent sides and b represents the length of the base.
What effect, if any, does increasing the length of the congruent
sides have on the expression?
• Base: the factor being multiplied together in an exponential
expression
• Exponent: the number of times a factor is being multiplied
together in an exponential expression
Example 3: Money deposited in a bank account earns interest on
the initial amount deposited as well as any interest earned as time
passes. The compound interest can be described by the
expression 𝑃(1 + 𝑟)𝑛 where P represents the initial amount
deposited, r represents the interest rate, and n represents the
number of months that pass. How does a change in each variable
affect that value of the expression?
Example 4: Austin plans to open a savings account. The amount
of money in a savings account can be found using the equation
𝑠 = 𝑝 ∙ (1 + 𝑟)𝑡 , where p is the principal, r is the rate of interest,
and t is the amount of time. Austin is considering two savings
accounts. He will deposit $1000 as the principal into either
account. In Account A, the interest rate will be 0.015 per year for 5
years. In Account B, the interest rate will be 0.02 per year for 3
years.
1. What is the total amount in Account A?
2. What is the total amount in Account B?
3. Which account has more money at the end of the term?
4. If he could, would it be wise for Austin to leave his money in
the account that has less savings for an addition year?