Translating Verbal Phrases:
Key Words to look for:
Addition: sum, plus, total, more than, increased by
Subtraction: difference, less than, minus, decreased by
Multiplication: times, product, multiplied by, of
Division: quotient, divided by, divided into
Parentheses: quantity
Examples: 4 less than the quantity 6 times a number n.
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3 times the sum of 7 and a number y.
The difference of 22 and the square of a number m.
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8 times the quantity 4 plus a number n.
12 decreased by a number x.
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Translating verbal phrases into equations and inequalities.
Example: The difference of twice a number k and 8 is 12.
The product of 6 and a number n is at least 24.
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The product of 9 and the quantity 5 more than a number t is less than 6.
The product of 4 and a number w is at most 51.
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Each team must arrange
themselves in the order that
represents the verbal phrase
shown on the board.
The team that finishes first each round will receive 1
point. Each point that a team earns will earn them on
piece of candy at the end of the hour!
1. 8 more than a number x.
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2. The product of 6 and a number y.
3. One half of a number x.
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4. 50 divided by a number y.
5. The difference of 7 and a number x.
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6. The sum of 15 and a number x.
7. The quotient of twice a number y and 12.
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8. 3 less than the square of a number y.
9. 7 less than twice a number x.
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10. 5 more than 3 times a number y.
11. The product of 15 and the quantity 12 more than a number y.
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12. The number of tokens needed for x video games if each game takes 4 tokens.
13. Number of pages of a 5 page article left to read if you've read y pages.
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14. Each persons share if x people share 16 slices of pizza equally.
15. Amount you spend if you buy a shirt for $20 and jeans for x dollars.
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16. Number of days left in the week if y days have passed so far.
17. Number of hours in x minutes.
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18. Number of months in y years.
Assignment: Workbook Page 5 #'s 2­12 even & Workbook Page 7 #'s 1­5.
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