Translating verbal phrase to algebraic expressions

the product of x and sixteen

• x + 16
• x - 16
• 16x
• x/16

Which of the following represents the quotient of two and a number?

• 2/n
• n/2
• 2n
• 2+n

Ten decreased by four times a number.  

• 10 - 4x
• 4x - 10 
• 10 - x
• 10/4x

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

two times x, increased by five

• 2x - 5 
• 2x + 5 
• 2(x - 5) 
• 2(x + 5) 

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
The quotient of four and a number increased by ten.

• 4 - n + 10
• 4n - 10
• 4/(n + 10)
• 4 / n + 10

Which algebraic expression represents
 "six less than a number"?

• 6/k
• k/6
• 6 - k
• k - 6

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
Eight less than the product of four and a number.
Use the variable m to represent the unknown number.

• 8 - 4m
• 8m - 4
• 8m + 4
• 4m - 8

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

Write an algebraic expression for:
three times a number plus 16

• 3(16)+n
• 16n+3
• 3n+16

Write a verbal expression for:
2a+6

• 6 more than the twice a number
• 6 less than the product of 2 times a
• 6 more than the quotient of 2 and a
• twice the sum of a and 6

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

What word phrase can you use to represent "5x + 2"?

• five times the sum of a number x and two
• two times the sum of a number x and five
• a number x times the sum of five and two
• the sum of five times a number x and two

Tags

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

CCSS.7.EE.A.2