FA Translate Algebraic Expressions

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8 less than the product of 4 and a number

Use the variable m to represent the unknown number.

• 8 − 4m

• 8m − 4

• 8m + 4

• 4m − 8

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

Translate: two times the sum of a number and five

• 2 + y + 5

• 2y + 5

• 2(y + 5)

• 2 − y + 5

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

m plus the product of 6 and n

• m + 6n

• m − 6 + n

• 6m + n

• m + 6 + n

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.A.3

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

Three less than twice a number

• 2x − 3

• 3x − 2

• 3 − 2x

• 2 − 3x

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

The difference of a number and 7

• 7 − x

• x + 7

• x/7

• x − 7

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

Eight less than the sum of a and 3.

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

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.B.6

a number increased by eighteen

• 18n
• n+18
• 18-n
• 18/n

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

fourteen times a number

• n-14
• 14n
• 14+n
• 14-n

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

the sum of fifty-two and a number

• n-52
• 52 + n
• 52/n
• 52n

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.EE.B.6