Question 5
For each of the following situations, write the expression describing the situation, identify its terms and find the value of the expression.
(a) Queen Alia gave 100 gold coins to Princess Elsa and 100 gold coins to Princess Anna last year. Princess Elsa used the coins to start a business and doubled her coins. Princess Anna bought jewellery and has only half of the coins left. Write an expression describing how many gold coins Princess Elsa and Princess Anna together have.
(b) A metro train ticket between two stations is ₹40 for an adult and ₹20 for a child. What is the total cost of tickets:
(i) for four adults and three children?
(ii) for two groups having three adults each?
(c) Find the total height of the window by writing an expression describing the relationship among the measurements shown in the picture.

- An expression translates a real-world situation into mathematical operations and numbers.
- Terms are the parts of an expression separated by addition () or subtraction () signs (multiplication or grouped quantities within parentheses form a single term).
- For each scenario, we form the arithmetic expression representing the total, identify each term, and then evaluate the expression using the order of operations (BODMAS).
(a) Queen Alia gave 100 gold coins to Princess Elsa and 100 gold coins to Princess Anna last year. Princess Elsa used the coins to start a business and doubled her coins. Princess Anna bought jewellery and has only half of the coins left. Write an expression describing how many gold coins Princess Elsa and Princess Anna together have.
Step 1 · Write the Expression and Find the Total Coins
Coins with Elsa:
Coins with Anna:
Total expression for coins together:
Calculating the value:
(a) Expression: , Terms: , Value: 250
(b) (i) A metro train ticket between two stations is ₹40 for an adult and ₹20 for a child. What is the total cost of tickets for four adults and three children?
Step 1 · Write the Expression and Calculate Cost
Cost for four adults:
Cost for three children:
Total cost expression:
Calculating the total value:
(b) (i) Expression: , Terms: , Value: ₹220
(b) (ii) What is the total cost of tickets for two groups having three adults each?
Step 1 · Write the Expression and Calculate Cost
Cost for one group of three adults:
For two such groups:
Calculating the total value:
(b) (ii) Expression: , Terms: , Value: ₹240
(c) Find the total height of the window by writing an expression describing the relationship among the measurements shown in the picture.
Step 1 · Formulate Expression and Calculate Window Height

From the measurements shown in the figure:
- borders of each
- grill bars of each
- gaps of each
Total height expression:
Calculating the total value:
(c) Expression: , Terms: , Value: 53 cm
- Confusing Terms with Factors: Factors are multiplied together to form a single term (e.g., in , the terms are and , not the individual numbers ).
- Miscounting Diagram Segments: Missing the top/bottom borders () or mixing up the number of bars () and gaps ().
- Order of Operations: Adding before completing multiplications in expressions like .
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