1.   Write an algebraic expression for the verbal expression: three times the sum of x and y increased by five times the product of x and 3y.
    A. 3(x + y) + 5(x + 3y) B. 3x + y + 5x(3y)
    C. 3(x + y) + 5(3xy) D. 3(xy) + 5(x + 3y)
    Hint

  2.   Simplify 12f + 6(3 + 4f).
    A. 34f B. 54f
    C. 16f + 18 D. 36f + 18
    Hint

  3.   Simplify 7(b + 3) + 14.
    A. 7b + 35 B. 24b
    C. 42b D. 7b + 17
    Hint

  4.   Simplify (6x - 9) - 2x.
    A. 4x - 9 B. 2x - 6
    C. 6x - 18 D. 6x - 6
    Hint

  5.   Simplify 4(6m - 2n) - 2(2m - 6n).
    A. 24m - 20n B. 28m - 20n
    C. 20m - 4n D. 20m + 4n
    Hint



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