Ten

Write any expression that evaluates to the number 10.

Two plus two

Write any expression that evaluates to the same thing as two plus two.

1337 times 32

Write any expression that evaluates to the same thing as the product of 1337 and 32

A million

Write any expression that evaluates to the value one million.

Sally's apples

Sally had six apples and she gave four to Billy. Write an expression for the number of apples Sally has now.

Sally's even more apples

Sally had six thousand, four hundred and thirty two apples and she gave four thousand to Billy. Write an expression for the number of apples Sally has now.

Area of circle with radius 2

Write any expression that evaluates to the area of a circle with radius two. (Recall that the formula for the area of a circle is π times the square of the circle's radius.) You can use Math.PI to get a good approximation of π.

Seconds in a day

Write any expression that evaluates to the number of seconds in a day.

Minutes in a year

Write any expression that evaluates to the number of minutes in a year. Assume a non-leap year.

Seconds in a century

Write any expression that evaluates to the number of seconds in a century. (For simplicity assume all the years are 365 days.)

Fraction of an hour

Except on Mondays our periods are 58 minutes long. Write an expression that evaluates to how many (fractional) hours one period is.

Leftovers

Suppose I wanted to do several activites that would each take exactly 13 minutes in our 58 minute period. Write an expression that evaluates to the number of extra minutes I would have after fitting as many 13-minute activities into the period as I can.

Doubling, doubling, toil and troubling

Write an expression for how much money you woul have if you started with one penny and through a series of strategic investments doubled your money eight times.

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