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Write and Evaluate Algebraic Expressions -- Instruction – Level
1) The school is planning a field trip to the science center. Tickets are originally $28, but school
groups receive an $8 discount on each ticket that is purchased. The expression t(28 – 8)
represents the total cost for t tickets.
2) What does the quantity 28 - 8 represent?
Order of Operations
) the discounted price of each ticket
Evaluate inside parentheses.
Multiply or divide.
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• Mrs. Price purchases 24 tickets for the students
in her class. Evaluate the expression for t = 24.
Add or subtract.
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t(28 - 8) = 24(28 – 8)
= 24 (13
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