Creating and Simplifying Expressions

What is 5 less than the product of 6 and s?

• 6s - 5
• 5 - 6s
• 5 + 6 - s
• 6 - s -5

What is a number decreased by seventeen?

• n + 17
• n - 17
• 17 + n
• 17 - n

What is the quotient of sixteen and a number?

• n ÷ 6
• 6 ÷ n
• n ÷ 16
• 16 ÷ n

twice h increased by 5

• 2 + h + 5
• h ∙ h + 5
• 5 ∙ h ∙ 2
• 2h + 5

u decreased by 17

• 17 - u
• u - 17
• u + 17
• u ÷ 17

half of a number, c

• c ÷ 2
• ½ ÷ c
• c ÷ ½ 
• c + ½

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.

• 4m + 8
• 8m - 4
• 8m + 4
• 4m - 8

the difference of 3 times a number and 7

• 3 - 7n
• 3n - 7
• 3n + 7 
• 3 / 7n

What word phrase can you use to represent "5x + 2"?

• five times the sum of a number x and two
• two times the sum of a number x and five
• a number x times the sum of five and two
• the sum of five times a number x and two

Write a verbal expression for:
2a+6

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