Translate Verbal Phrases to Numeric Expressions

Write the expression in words.

24 × (20 + 5)

• The product of 24 and 20 plus 5

• 24 times the sum of 20 and 5

• The product of the difference between 20 and 5

• The sum of 24 and 20 and 5

Write an expression for:

Thirty-seven more than the difference of twenty-four and twenty

• (37 - 24) x 20

• (24 - 20) x 37

• 37 + (24 - 20)

Write an expression for:

143 decreased by 53, then multiplied by 4

• 53 x 4 - 143

• 143 - 53 x 4

• (143 - 53) x 4

Write a verbal expression for:
4q

• Four q

• Four times q

• Four plus q

Four times the sum of 7 and w

• 4 x w

• 4(7 + w)

• 47w

Five times Mike's age, increased by 9

• 5(x+9)

• 9(5+x)

• 9x+5

• 5x+9

Write an algebraic expression for:
 35 decreased by a number

• 35+n

• 35-n

• n-35

8 (n - 3)

• Eight minus n and three

• Eight times the difference of n and three

• The addition of n and 3

7(4)

• The product of seven and four

• Seven minus four

• Quotient four