Translating a Phrase into an Equation

What does "product" mean?

• Multiply
• Divide
• Add
• Subract

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

What is the difference between an expression and equation?

• Expressions have an equal sign and equations do not have an equal sign
• Expressions do not have an equal sign and equations do have an equal sign
• There is not a difference
• Expressions do not have variables and equations have variables

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
8 less than the product of 4 and a number
Use the variable m to represent the unknown number.

• 8 - 4m
• 8m - 4
• 8m + 4
• 4m - 8

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Write an algebraic expression for:
three times a number plus 16

• 3(16)+n
• 16n+3
• 3n+16

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

What does "difference" mean?

• add
• subtract 
• multiply
• divide

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

Translate the sentence into an equation.
Seven subtracted from n is 18 

• n + 7 = 18
• 7 - n = 18
• n - 7 = 18
• n + 7 = 18n

Translate the sentence into an equation:
Four more than six times a number is 18.

• 4 + 6x = 18
• 4x + 6 = 18
• 6x + 4 = 18
• not enough info

How would you translate
x - 5 = 12 into words?

• x - 5 = 12
• The product of x and 5 is twelve
• x less than 5 is 12
• Five less than x is 12.

Translate: two times the sum of a number and five 

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

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

a number more than 12

• n + 12
• 12n 
• 12 + n 
• 12 - n 

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A