Translating Verbal Expressions

Match the clue word with the operation:  
SUM

• Add 
• Subtract
• Multiply 
• Divide

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Match the clue word with the operation: 
PRODUCT

• Add 
• Subtract 
• Multiply
• Divide

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Match the clue word with the operation: 
DIFFERENCE 

• Add 
• Subtract
• Multiply 
• Divide

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Match the clue word with the operation: 
QUOTIENT

• Add 
• Subtract
• Multiply 
• Divide

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CCSS.6.NS.A.1

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

the product of x and sixteen

• x + 16
• x - 16
• 16x
• x/16

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

Five taken away from x 

• x - 5 
• 5 - x 
• x + 5 
• 5x

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

two times x, increased by five

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

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.A.3

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

the quotient of a and b 

• a - b 
• a + b 
• a(b)
• a/b

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CCSS.6.NS.A.1

the difference of seven and y 

• 7 - y 
• y - 7 
• y + 7 
• 7y

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.

• 8 - 4m
• 8m - 4
• 8m + 4
• 4m - 8

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6