Writing Algebraic Expressions

Subtract a number from 10

• n-10
• 10+n
• 10/n
• 10-n

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.5

a number added to 19

• 19-n
• 19+n
• 19/n
• 19n

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

a number decreased by 12

• 12-n
• 12+n-5
• n-12
• 12n

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

add 6 to a number

• 6+n
• 6/n
• 6-n
• 2n+6

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

4 less than a number 

• 4/n
• 4+n
• n/4
• n-4

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.

The quotient of twenty and a number

Use the variable n to represent the unknown number.

• 20/n

• 20-n

• n+20

• n-20

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

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

• 5 times a number plus 2

• 2 more than the product of 5 and a number

• a number times the sum of 5 and 2

• the sum of 5 times a number and 2

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CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2