Starting a Skate Team: Writing and Evaluating Expressions

Practice writing and evaluating equivalent expressions with these fun and relatable word problems! In this seventh-grade algebra worksheet, students are presented with four unique word problems centered around starting a skate team. Learners are asked to write two different expressions to represent each given scenario. Then, they will choose one of their own expressions from each problem and evaluate it for a given value. Students can generate equivalent expressions by using math properties, combining like terms, factoring, or expanding expressions. This one-page worksheet is a great way to build students' skills writing algebraic expressions and solving multi-step word problems based on real-world scenarios. For more practice writing equivalent expressions from word problems, check out A Day at the Beach: Identifying and Writing Equivalent Expressions.