Interpreting Word Algebraic Expressions

Which expression represents the phrase, the sum of three different numbers?

• 3+x

• 3x

• x+x+x

• x+y+z

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6-3.3

• 36 times a number

• a number split into 36 equal groups

• 36 taken from a number

• 36 divided by an unknown number

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6-3.3

Which expression represents 13 subtracted from a number?

• x-13

• 13-x

• 3-x

• x-3

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6-3.3

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Which expression represents the phrase, a number times itself, times itself again?

• 3x

• x+x+x

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6-3.3

Which phrase represents the expression, m+n²?

• a number added to a different number cubed

• 2 times a number, added to itself

• a number increased by a different number squared

• a number times two different numbers

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6-3.3

Match each phrase with the expression that accurately represents it.

• x-5

• a number decreased by 5

• 5-x

• 5 times a number

• x+5

• 5 more than a number

• 5+5x

• 5 added to 5 times a number

• 5x

• 5 decreased by a number

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6-3.3

Select each phrase that correctly represents the expression, 5x.

• the product of a number and 5

• a number increased by 5

• 5 times a number

• a number times itself, times itself again, times itself again, times itself again

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6-3.3

Which phrase accurately represents the expression, 7x-2 ?

• two more than a number

• seven less than 2 times a number

• seven times a number

• two taken from seven times a number

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Which expression represents 8 less than nine times a number?

• 8-9x

• 9x-8

• 8x-9

• 9x+8

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6-3.3

Match each phrase to the math operation that it represents.

• subtraction

• total

• division

• create equal groups

• addition

• decrease

• multiplication

• product

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