Translating Verbal Phrases

Two-fifths of a number is negative two.

• $2\frac{1}{5}x=-2$

• $25x\ =\ -2$

• $\frac{2}{5}+x=-2$

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  $\frac{2}{5}x=-2$
  

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7

Five less than a number is the same as seven and a half.

• $x-5=7.5$

• $5-x=7.5$

• $5-x=7\frac{1}{2}$

• $7.5-5=x$

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7

The product of negative three and a number is negative twenty.

• $-3-x=-20$

• $-3\div x=-20$

• $-3x=-20$

• $-3+x=-20$

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Twice a number is 36.

• $2\ +\ 2\ =36$

• $2+x=36$

• $2x=36$

• $36x=2$

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

The sum of a number and three is 1.8

• $x+3=1.8$

• $x-3=1.8$

• $3x=1.8$

• $x\div3=1.8$

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7

The difference of a number and seven is 18.

• $7-x=18$

• $x+7=18$

• $x-18=7$

• $x-7=18$

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7

Four more than a number is negative two-thirds.

• $4+x=\frac{-2}{3}$
  

• $4+x=\frac{2}{3}$

• $4+x=2$

• $x-4=\frac{-2}{3}$

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7

Five times a number is 48.

• $48x=5$

• $5\cdot x=84$

• $5x=48$
  

• $5\div x=48$

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

One half of a number is twenty.

• $\frac{1}{2}+x=20$

• $\frac{1}{2}\div x=20$

• $x-2=20$

• $\frac{x}{2}=20$

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CCSS.6.EE.B.7

The product of a number and three is the same as nineteen.

• $x\cdot19=3$

• $3x=19$

• $x\div3=19$

• $x+3=19$

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3