Translate Verbal Phrase Into an Algebraic Expression or Equation

Mary baked some cookies on Saturday. On Sunday she baked twice as many cookies as the day before. If c represents the number of cookies she made on Saturday, write an expression for the number of cookies she made on Sunday.

• c + 2

• c - 2

• c / 2

• 2c

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

Perry has 17 fewer baseball cards than Pete.
If b represents the number of cards Pete has, write an expression for how many baseball cards Perry has.

• b + 17

• b -17

• 17 - b

• 17 + b

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CCSS.6.EE.B.6

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

• 3(16)+n

• 16n+3

• 3n+16

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Translate the sentence into an equation:
Four more than six times a number is 18.

• 4 + 6x = 18

• 4x + 6 = 18

• 6x + 4 = 18

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Translate: two times the sum of a number and five 

• 2 + y + 5

• 2y + 5 

• 2(y + 5)

• 2 - y + 5

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

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

• n + 7 = 18

• 7 - n = 18

• n - 7 = 18

• n + 7 = 18n

a number more than 12

• n + 12

• 12n 

• 12 + n 

• 12 - n 

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

m plus the product of 6 and n 

• m + 6n

• m - 6 + n

• 6m + n

• m + 6 + n 

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

4 less than x 

• 4 - x

• x - 4

• 4x

• -4x

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Translate: Six fewer than twice a number is four.

• 6 - 2x = 4

• 2x - 6 = 4

• x² - 6 = 4

• 6 - x² = 4