Translating Basic Algebraic Phrases

a number more than 12

• n - 12

• 12n 

• 12 + n 

• 12 - n 

the product of x and sixteen

• x + 16

• x - 16

• 16x

Translate to an algebraic expression.

5 less than the product of 3 and p

• 3p - 5

• 5 - 3p

• 5 < 3p

• 3p + 5

Translate to an algebraic expression.

125 subtracted from a number

• 125 - n

• n - 125

Choose two. 2x

• 2 plus x

• The product of 2 and x

• two times x

• x and two more

Five less than y

• 5 - y

• 5 + y

• y - 5

The difference between t and 6

• t + 6

• 6 - t

• t - 6

• 6 + t

• 6t

three times x increased by eight

• 3x

• 3x + 8

• 3y + 8

• x + 8

a number, y, to the power of 4

• 4y

• y⁴

• 4

• 4x

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