Translating Verbal and Algebraic Expressions

The word "of" represents what operation?

• Addition
• Subtraction
• Multiplication
• Division

Which of the following is not a word that means "equals"?

• Is
• Gives
• Totals
• Shared

Which of the following expressions would need parenthesis?

• 4 times the difference of a number and 8
• 4 times a number
• Five times a number increased by 7
• 15 less than a number multiplied by 12

Which of the following is a division word?

• Quotient
• Shared
• Ratio
• All of the above

Eight less than three times a number is best represented by:

• 3(x-8)
• 3x - 8
• 8 - 3x

Verbal expressions are the same as algebraic expressions, but they are just written using words.

• True
• False

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

• 3(16)+n
• 16n+3
• 3n+16

Write an algebraic expression for:
 35 decreased by a number

• 35+n
• 35-n
• n-35

Write a verbal expression for:
4q

• Four q
• Four times q
• Four plus q

Write a verbal expression for:
2a+6

• 6 more than the product of 2 times a
• 6 less than the product of 2 times a
• 6 more than the quotient of 2 and a