3-4 & 3-5 Writing Algebraic Expressions

eight plus triple the number of shirts
Let s = number of shirts

• 8 + 3s
• 8 + s
• 3s - 8

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

eleven less than twice the number of p people

• 11 - 2p

• 2p - 11

• 2 + p - 11

2 times the difference of t and 11

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

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.A.3

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

4 divided by the sum of a number and 12

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

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

the quotient of twenty and a number

• 20/n

• 20 - n

• n + 20

• n - 20

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

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

"Subtracted from" and "less than" are terms that mean you need to "turn around" or "flip"  the terms around.

• True
• False

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CCSS.6.EE.B.5

CCSS.6.EE.B.8

The quotient of a number and 8

• 8g
• 8/g
• g+8
• g/8

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

The product of 7 and j increased by 3.

• 3+7j
• 7j-3
• 7(j+3)
• 3j+7

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.A.3

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

Write the phrase as an expression. "10 less than a number n"

• 10 - n

• n - 10

• n + 10

• 10 - n