Writing Algebraic Expressions

Eight added to a number y.

• y + 8
• y - 8
• 8y
• 8/y

A number c divided into fourteen.

• c/14
• 14c
• 14/c
• c x 14

Twice a number g. 

• g2
• 2g
• 2/g
• 2 + g

Eighteen less than a number f. 

• 18 - f
• 18f
• 18 + f
• f - 18

Four times the difference of a number k and sixteen. 

• 4 x (k - 16)
• 4 x (16 - k)
• (4 x k) - 16
• 4 x (k + 16)

Five more than the quotient of twenty and a number h. 

• 5 + (20h)
• (20/h) - 5
• (20h) - 5
• 5 + (20/h)

The difference of nineteen and a number b, then divide by four. 

• (19 + b) ÷ 4
• (19 - b) ÷ 4
• 4 ÷ (19 - b)
• 4 x (b - 19)

(14 - 7) ÷ c

• 14 less than the quotient of c and 7
• The difference of 14 and 7 divided by c
• c divided by 14, then take away 7

v + 13

• 13 more than a number v
• A number v more than 13
• The difference of a number v and 13
• 13 less than a number v

5s

• Make a 5 and s sandwich
• s divided by 5
• 5 divided by s
• The product of a number s and 5