7.7 - Writing Expressions

Write the algebraic expression for 'the sum of a number and 5'.

• x / 5

• x * 5

• x + 5

• x - 5

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Translate the phrase 'twice a number' into an algebraic expression.

• 2x

• 2 + x

• 2 - x

• x * 2

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Simplify the expression 4(n-7) + 8

• 4n - 20

• 4n - 36

• 4n + 36

• 4n + 20

Simplify the expression 4(3n - 2) + 5n

• 17n - 8

• 12n - 3

• 17n + 8

• 12n + 5

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.3

Write the algebraic expression for 'the product of a number and 9'.

• 9 + x

• x / 9

• 9 - x

• 9x

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Translate the phrase 'the difference between a number and 3' into an algebraic expression.

• 3 - x

• x - 3

• 3x

• x + 3

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Simplify the expression 2(2n + 1) - 7.

• 2n - 7

• 4n - 5

• 2n - 5

• 4n -9

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.3

Write the algebraic expression for 'the quotient of a number and 6'.

• 6m

• m + 6

• m - 6

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Translate the phrase 'the sum of twice a number and 4' into an algebraic expression.

• 2x * 4

• 2x - 4

• 2x + 4

• 2x / 4

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Match the verbal expression to its algebraic expression.

• 6x + 17

• 17 less than six times a number
• x + 6 = 17

• One-sixth the difference of a number and 17

• 6x - 17

• Six more than a number is 17
• 6(x + 17)

• six times the sum of a number and 17

• 17 more than six times a number

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2