Algebra I Chapter I

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
Eight less than the product of four and a number.
Use the variable m to represent the unknown number.

• 8 - 4m
• 8m - 4
• 8m + 4
• 4m - 8

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
Four divided by the sum of a number and twelve.  

• 4 / n + 12
• 4 / 12n
• 4 / (n + 12) 
• (4 / n) + 12

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
Two times the difference of some number and eleven.  

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

Write a verbal expression for:
2a+6

• 6 more than the twice a number
• 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

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

a number increased by 5

• w - 5
• 5w
• w + 5
• w / 5

Translate:
Two times the sum of a number and five 

• 2 + y + 5
• 2y + 5 
• 2(y + 5)
• 2 - y + 5

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

• 6/k
• k/6
• 6 - k
• k - 6

Which of the following represents the quotient of two and a number?

• 2/n
• n/2
• 2n
• 2+n

Three times the sum of a number and two. 

• 3e+2
• 3(e-2)
• 3(e+2)
• 2e+3