Advisory: Writing Algebraic Expressions

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
8 less than the product of 4 and a number
Use the variable m to represent the unknown number.

• 4m + 8
• 8m - 4
• 8m + 4
• 4m - 8

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.

The difference of 3 times a number and 7

Use the variable n to represent the unknown number.

• 3 - 7n

• 3n - 7

• 3n + 7

• 3 / 7n

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.

2 times the difference of a number and 11

Use the variable t to represent the unknown number.

• 2t - 11

• 2(t - 11)

• 2(t / 11)

• 2 x t - 11

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

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

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

The sum of 13 and twice a number h

• 13 + 2h
• 13 - 2h
• 13 x 2h
• 13 / 2h

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Which of the following best describes the expression :
8 less than the quotient of a number and 2?

• (x/2) - 8
• 8 - (x/2)
• (x - 8)/2
• 2x - 8

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Write a verbal expression for:
2a+6

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

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

9 plus a number 

• n-9
• 9/n
• 9+n
• 9×n

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Jamal helped his grandmother plant her vegetable garden. He planted 3 rows of zucchini seeds and 4 rows of yellow squash seeds. Each row had s seeds. Which expression represents how many seeds Jamal planted in all?

• 3s + 4s

• 3s + 4

• 4s + 3

• 34s

Tags

CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

Mrs. Bembry puts $10 in a savings account each month and an extra $20 when she receives money for her birthday. If her birthday was this week, which expression represents the amount she has saved this year?

• 20m + 10

• 20m - 10

• 10m - 20

• 10m + 20

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.B.6