Complex Verbal Expressions to Algebraic Expressions
Date: ___________________________
SOL 7.23 The student will write verbal expressions/sentences as algebraic expressions/equations.
Remember Your Vocabulary
In the expression 4xy, _____, _____, and _____ are called ________________, and the result
is called the __________________.
An expression like 6 7 is called a _____________. In the expression 6 7 , _____ is the exponent,
and _____ is the base. The exponent indicates the number of times ____ is used as a
_________________.
Example 1 Review
Let n be the unknown number.
a.
eight more than the number
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c.
the product of the number and eight
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e.
three decreased by the number
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Example 2 Review
Let k be the unknown number.
a.
the sum of a number and two
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c.
twice the number
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e.
nine less than the number
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Example 3 Algebraic Expression to Include Grouping Symbols
Let x be the unknown number.
a.
four times the sum of seven and the number
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c.
seven less than the product of four and the number
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e.
four times the quantity seven less than the number
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Example 4 Algebraic Expression to Include Grouping Symbols with Quotients
Let u be the unknown number.
a.
two-fifths of the number
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c.
five times the sum of the number and two
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e.
half of the quantity five less than the number
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Example 5 Representing Age
Let a be Adam’s age now.
a.
Adam’s age in three years
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c.
four times Adam’s age three years ago
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e.
three years more than four times Atom’s age
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Example 6 Lengths and Width
Let w represent the width of a rectangle. The length is 8 cm more than the width.
w
a.
five times the width
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c.
five times the length
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e.
one-eighth of the sum of 5 cm and the width
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Assignment
Complex Verbal Expressions to Algebraic Expressions Practice