Translate Algebraic Expressions

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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

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

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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

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

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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.2A

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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

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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

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CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

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80 more than a number

Use the variable B to represent the unknown number.

• 80B

• B-80

• B+80

• B÷80

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

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2 times the sum of a number and 15

Use the variable B to represent the unknown number.

• 2(B+15)

• 2B+15

• 2B×15

• 2×15B

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

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the difference of 33 and number

Use the variable c to represent the unknown number.

• c-33

• 33-c

• 33c

• 33/c

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Tickets to the aquarium cost $27 per person. Write an expression to represent the total cost of tickets for a group of people. Let n represent the number of people in the group.

• 27 + n

• 27n

• 27/n

• 27 - n

Tags

CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

Rhonda was organizing photos in a photo album. She took 60 photos and divided them evenly among p pages. Which algebraic expression represents the number of photos on each page?

• p / 60

• 60 / p

• 60 + p

• 60p

Tags

CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A