Translating Expressions and Equations Sheila

What does "product" mean?

• Multiply
• Divide
• Add
• Subract

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

Write an algebraic expression for:
three times a number plus 16

• 3(16)+n
• 16n+3
• 3n+16

What does "difference" mean?

• add
• subtract 
• multiply
• divide

Translate the sentence into an equation.
Seven subtracted from n is 18 

• n + 7 = 18
• 7 - n = 18
• n - 7 = 18
• n + 7 = 18n

How would you translate
x - 5 = 12 into words?

• x - 5 = 12
• The product of x and 5 is twelve
• x less than 5 is 12
• Five less than x is 12.

Translate: two times the sum of a number and five 

• 2 + y + 5
• 2y + 5 
• 2(y + 5)
• 2 - y + 5

a number more than 12

• n + 12
• 12n 
• 12 + n 
• 12 - n 

4 less than x 

• 4 - x
• x - 4
• 4x
• -4x

Translate: Six fewer than twice a number is four.

• 6 - 2x = 4
• 2x - 6 = 4
• x² - 6 = 4
• 6 - x² = 4