Writing Equations with Variables

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
24 more than Victoria's test score. 
Use d to represent Victoria's test score.

• 24x
• x - 24
• x + 24
• x/24

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Translate this phrase into an algabraic expression.
78 less than Amari's test score
Use c to represent Amari's test score.

• c - 78
• c + 78
• c/78
• 78 - c

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Translate this phrase intoan Algebraic expression.
57 more than 3 times Ziana's score
Use the variable g to represent Ziana's score.

• 57g + 3
• 3g - 57
• 3g + 57
• 57 - 3g

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

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.

• 4m + 8
• 8m - 4
• 8m + 4
• 4m - 8

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

w increased by 5

• w - 5
• 5w
• w + 5
• w / 5

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

the difference of 3 times a number and 7

• 3 - 7n
• 3n - 7
• 3n + 7 
• 3 / 7n

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

There were x cookies at the beginning of a party. By the end of the party, 16 of them had been eaten. Using x, write an expression for the number of cookies that were left.

• 16
• x + 16
• 16 - x
• x - 16

Tags

CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

the quotient of twenty and a number

• 20/n
• 20-n
• n+20
• n-20

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

2 times the difference of t and 11

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

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

4 divided by the sum of a number and 12

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

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A