Translating Verbal Expression Warm Up

Match the following operation with the correct translation

• sum

• product

• difference

• quotient

Match the following with the correct algebraic translation

• Half the difference of x and 4

• Half the sum of x and 4

• Twice the sum of x and 4

• Twice the difference of x and 4

Which algebraic expression represents
 "six less than a number"?

• 6/k
• k/6
• 6 - k
• k - 6

Write a verbal expression for:
2a+6

• 6 more than the product of 2 times a
• 6 less than the product of 2 times a
• 6 more than the quotient of 2 and a
• twice the sum of a and 6

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
2 times the difference of t and 11

• 2t - 11
• 2(t - 11) 
• 2(t / 11)
• 2 x t - 11

Write an algebraic equation for

"Nine less than a number squared is 40"

Six more than some number equals 52

• 6 + x = 52
• 6 + 52 = x
• 6x = 52
•  6x + 52 =

the product of x and sixteen

• x + 16
• x - 16
• 16x
• x/16

3 increased by 9

• 2 * 3

• 3 + 9

• 9 ^ 3

• 3 / 9

What word phrase can you use to represent "5x + 2"?

• five times the sum of a number x and two
• two times the sum of a number x and five
• a number x times the sum of five and two
• the sum of five times a number x and two