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Translating Verbal Expressions and Equations

Authored by Rebecca Campbell

Mathematics

8th - 9th Grade

CCSS covered

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Translating Verbal Expressions and Equations
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

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.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

Cheryl gets paid $8 per hour at her job at the record store.  She made a total of $96 last week.  Write a multiplication equation to show how many hours she worked last week.

96h = 8
h/96 = 8
8h = 96
h/8 = 96

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

I open a saving account with $200 and plan to put $50 per month in the account.
Which expression represents this situation after x number of months?

200 + 50x
200x + 50
200 + x + 50
12x(50 + 200)

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

Jim paid a gym membership fee of $50, plus $20 per month.  Jim has paid a total of $290 to the gym.  Which equation matches this situation?

50 + 20m = 290
20 + 50m = 290
50 + 20 = m
50m - 20 = 290

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

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Which matches the expression below?

The quotient of a number and seven, decreased by four.

Four more than a number divided by seven.

The difference of a number divided by seven and four.

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CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

Which matches the equation below?

3x −11 = 17

Eleven less than the product of a number and three equals seventeen.

Three times a number, increased by seventeen is eleven.

Seventeen less than the product of three and a number is eleven.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

The difference of four times a number and six.

4x − 6

4x + 6

6x − 4

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