Translate Sentences to Equations

5 less than a number is 15.

• x - 5 = 15

• 5 - x = 15

• 15 - x = 5

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

• 10x = 18

• 4x + 6 = 18

• 4 + 6x = 18

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Two less than 4 times a number is -18.

• 4x - 2 = -18

• 2x + 4 = -18

• 4x - 2 =-18

• 2 < 4x - 18

Translate the phrase or sentence into an equation, inequality or expression: "Five less than the product of a number and 3 is at least -7."

• 5 - 3n < -7

• 3n - 5 > -7

• 3n - 5 < -7

• 5 - 3n = -7

Which equation would describe "two times a number plus five equals 15"?

• x + 5 = 15

• 2x + 5=15

• x + 2(5) = 15

• 2(x + 5) = 15

Which equation represents the following application:
Four times a number increased by 25 is 13 less than six times the number.

• 4x+25=-6x+13

• 4x+25=13-6x

• 4x+25=6x-13

• 4x+25=13<6x

Two times the quantity of seven less than one-fourth of a number is equal to four more than one-third a number. Which equation represents this?

Which matches the equation below? 3x −11 = 17

• Eleven less than the product of a number and three equals seventeen.

• Three times a number, increased by seventeen is eleven.

• Seventeen less than the product of three and a number is eleven.

Write the phrase or sentence as an equation, inequality or expression:

"Four more than the quotient of a number and 3 is at most 9."

• n/3 + 4 < 9

• 3/n + 4 < 9

• n/3 + 4 > 9

• n/3 + 4 < 9

Which choice models this situation?

• v - 4 = 10

• v + 4 = 10

• 10/4 = v

• 4v = 10