Algebra Translating Expressions

Select all examples in which the student correctly translated the verbal situation into an algebraic expression.

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

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

Which of the following represents the expression “8 divided by the product of a number and 3 less 12”?

Translate the following verbal expression. "Double a number less 12, divided by the difference of the number and 6"

• One-fourth of the quantity 6 less than the product of 5 and a number

• One-fourth of the product of 5 and a number decreased by 6

• One-fourth of the quantity 6 decreased by the product of 5 and a number

• One-fourth of a number decreased by 6

Six more than some number equals 52

• x + 6 = 52

• 6 + 52 = x

• 6x = 52

• 6x + 52 =

Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
the quotient of 4 and a number increased by 10.

• 4 - n + 10

• 4n - 10

• 4/(n + 10)

• 4 / n + 10

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