Writing Algebraic Expressions

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

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

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

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

w increased by 5

• w - 5
• 5w
• w + 5
• w / 5

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

the difference of 3 times a number and 7

• 3 - 7n
• 3n - 7
• 3n + 7 
• 3 / 7n

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.A.3

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

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

the quotient of twenty and a number

• 20/n
• 20-n
• n+20
• n-20

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

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

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

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.A.3

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

Write a verbal expression for:
2a+6

• 6 more than the product of 2 times a number
• 6 less than the product of 2 times a number
• 6 more than the quotient of 2 and a number
• twice the sum of a number and 6

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6