Algebraic Verbal Expressions

5 times d increased by 8

• 5d + 8

• 5 + 8d

• 5 + 8 + d

• 5d-8

4 less than x

• 4-x

• x-4

• 4x

• x+4

Four times the difference of a number k and sixteen. 

• 4(k - 16)

• 4(16 - k)

• 4k - 16

• 4(k + 16)

Find the sum of six and a number d, multiplied by ten. 

• 6(d x 10)

• (6 + d)10

• 6(10d)

• 6 + d/10

Five more than the quotient of twenty and a number h. 

• 5 + (20h)

• (20/h) - 5

• (20h) - 5

• 5 + 20/h

Translate 18 - r into a verbal expression

• r more than 18

• r less than 18

• r minus 18

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
2 times the difference of t and 11

• 2t - 11

• 2(t - 11) 

• 2(t / 11)

• 2 x t - 11

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
4 divided by the sum of a number and 12

• 4 / n + 12

• 4 / 12n

• 4 / (n + 12) 

• (4 / n) + 12

Which algebraic expression represents
 "six less than a number"?

• 6/k

• k/6

• 6 - k

• k - 6

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