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Reading Strategies
Connecting Words and Symbols
To translate between phrases and algebraic expressions, you must
connect words with symbols. Look at the examples in the table below.
Operations
Addition
Words
Symbols
“sum of 3 and n”
3n
“n more than 3”
“3 plus n”
Subtraction
“difference of 3 and n”
3n
“n less than 3”
“3 minus n”
Multiplication
“product of 3 and n”
3n
“3 times n”
3•n
3n
“3 groups of n”
3(n)
Division
“quotient of 3 and n”
“3 divided by n”
“3 separated into n groups”
3 n
3
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n
Solve each problem.
1. Write “10 times the value of y” in symbols in three different ways.
Possible answers: 10y, 10 • y, and 10(y)
2. Write “k 6” in words in two different ways.
Possible answers: k divided by 6, the quotient of k and 6
3. Write “4 less than b” in symbols.
b4
4. Write “b less than 4” in symbols.
4b
Translate each word phrase into an algebraic expression.
5. Craig types 20 words per minute. Write an expression
for the number of words Craig types in m minutes.
6. Jeana is 58 inches tall. Her sister Janelle is t inches
taller. Write an expression for Janelle’s height.
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