Interpreting Algebraic Expressions

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.

• 8 − 4m

• 8m − 4

• 8m + 4

• 4m − 8

Translate: two times the sum of a number and five

• 2 + y + 5

• 2y + 5

• 2(y + 5)

• 2 − y + 5

m plus the product of 6 and n

• m + 6n

• m − 6 + n

• 6m + n

• m + 6 + n

Three less than twice a number

• 2x − 3

• 3x − 2

• 3 − 2x

• 2 − 3x

The difference of a number and 7

• 7 − x

• x + 7

• x/7

• x − 7

Sixty less forty is some number

• 60 - 40 = n
• 60 < 40 + n
• 40 - 60 = n
• 60 < 40 - n

A number less than seventy-five is twenty-seven

• a - 75 = 27
• 75 - a = 27
• a ÷ 75 = 27
• 75 (a) = 27

6 (x + 5)

• Six times X increased by five
• Six times the sum of a number and five
• The quotient of six and a number increased by five
• Five more a number times six

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.

• 8 - 4m
• 8m - 4
• 8m + 4
• 4m - 8

The total of n and 9 decreased by 6