Translating Phrases to Algebraic Expressions

Match the following

• Twice or triple the amount

• Subtraction

• Total

• Division

• Equal Parts

• Multiplication

• Difference

• Adding

Write an algebraic expression for the phrase:

a number b divided by thirty-six.

• b • 36

• b-36
• b÷36

• b+36

Write an algebraic expression for the phrase:

sixty-six subtracted from a number p

• p + 66
• p / 66
• p - 66
• 66 - p

Write an algebraic expression for the phrase:

the quotient of twenty-nine and a number h

• 29 - h
• 29 + h
• h/29

Write an algebraic expression for the phrase:

a number n plus forty-nine.

• n - 49
• n + 49
• 49 ÷ n

• n • 49

Write an algebraic expression for the phrase:

three divided by a number g.

Write an algebraic expression for the phrase:

the total of twenty-four and a number x

• x - 24
• 24 + x
• x ÷ 24

• 24 - x

Write an algebraic expression for the phrase:

the difference between eighteen and a number m

• m • 18

• 18 + m
• m / 18
• 18 - m

Write an algebraic expression for the phrase:

a number k added to twenty-eight.

• k - 28
• 28 - k
• k • 28

• k + 28

Write an algebraic expression for the phrase:

ninety-eight more than a number d.

• 98 - d
• d + 100
• d + 98
• d - 98