Translating English into Math Language and Vice Versa

Twice a number minus eight

• 2x – 8

• 8-2x

• 2(8)-x

• x-2(8)

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Eight times a number is forty-eight

• 48x=8

• 8x = 48

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The product of a number and ten is eighty

• 80(10)=10

• 10x = 80

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The quotient of a number and seven is two

Three-fourths of a number

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3x = 15

• A number of three equals 15

• Three times a number equals fifteen

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5(x + 4)

• Five times the sum of a number and four

• Five is a number added to four

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10/x

• Ten divided by a number

• A number divided by ten

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x – 6

• A number subtracted from six

• Six subtracted from a number

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4(12+y)

• Four times the sum of twelve and a number

• Four is twelve add y

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