Instructions: Show your work for each question. Use clear steps and simplify your answers when possible. This worksheet reviews algebra skills that are useful in computer science, such as patterns, expressions, equations, and variables.
Skills Practiced:
Algebra
Computer Science
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
1Question
Evaluate the expression when x = 4: 3x + 2
2Question
Simplify: 5a + 3a
3Question
Simplify: 7y - 2y + 4
4Question
Evaluate the expression when n = 6: 2n^2
5Question
Solve for x: x + 9 = 15
6Question
Solve for m: 4m = 28
7Question
Write an expression for: the number p increased by 8, then multiplied by 3.
8Question
A computer program uses the rule y = 2x + 1. Find y when x = 7.
9Question
Solve for k: 3k - 5 = 16
10Question
Simplify: 2(4x + 3)
11Question
A game gives points using the rule P = 5t + 10, where t is the number of levels completed. How many points are earned after 4 levels?
12Question
Solve for x: 2x + 7 = 19
13Question
Write an equation for this situation: A file starts at 12 MB and grows by 3 MB each minute. Let m be the number of minutes and s be the file size in MB.
14Question
Solve for x: 4x - 6 = 2x + 10
15Question
A programmer wants a pattern where the output is 2 less than 4 times the input. Write the rule, then find the output when the input is 9.