Variable Expressions

Write a verbal expression for:

2a+6

• 6 more than the product of 2 and a number

• 6 less than the product of 2 and a number

• 6 more than the quotient of 2 and a number

• twice a number plus 6

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.

80 more than a number

Use the variable B to represent the unknown number.

• 80B

• B-80

• B+80

• B÷80

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Write a word phrase to represent the following algebraic expression:

9n+1

• the quotient of 9 and a number plus 1

• the product of 9 and a number plus 1

• 1 more than the quotient of 9 and a number

• 1 more than the product of 9 and a number

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

• the quotient of 8 and a number minus 9

• the product of 8 and a number minus 9

• the quotient of a number and 8 minus 9

• 9 less than the quotient of a number and 8

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

• 5 plus a number

• the difference of 5 and a number

• 5 more than a number

• the difference of a number and 5

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

• the product of a number and 12

• the product of 12 and a number

• 12 times a number

• a number times 12

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.

the difference of 33 and number

Use the variable c to represent the unknown number.

• c-33

• 33-c

• 33c

• 33/c

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.

5 less than a number

Use the variable v to represent the unknown number.

• 5 - v

• 5v

• 5 + v

• v - 5

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

• the quotient of 12 and 5 times a number

• the quotient of the product of 5 and a number and 12

• the quotient of 12 and the product of 5 and a number

• the quotient of 5 times a number and 12

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.2

the difference of a number and six

• x + 6

• x - 6

• 6 - x

• x/6

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2A