Translating Phrases (Words to Math)
The sum of a number X and 12.
What is x + 12?
Evaluate x + 5
when x = 10
What is 15?
Simplify 2(x + 4).
What is 2x + 8?
Evaluate 2x + 3
when x = 4.
What is 11?
In the expression 5x + 7, this letter is called the "Variable."
What is x?
A number y decreased by 7.
What is y - 7?
Evaluate 3n
when n = 6.
What is 18?
Simplify 5(y - 2).
What is 5y - 10?
Evaluate x + y
when x = 7 and y = 12.
What is 19?
In the expression 8y, the number 8 is known by this 11-letter math word.
What is a Coefficient?
The product of 5 and a number m.
What is 5m (or 5 X m)?
Evaluate 20 - b
when b = 4.
What is 16?
Simplify 3(4 + n).
What is 12 + 3n?
Evaluate 10 - 2m
when m = 3.
What is 4?
This is a part of an expression separated by a plus or minus sign
(Example: 4x and 9).
What is a Term?
10 less than a number w.
(Hint: Be careful with the order!)
What is w - 10?
Evaluate y/4
when y = 32.
What is 8?
Identify the error: A student says 6(x + 2) is equal to 6x + 2.
What is "they forgot to multiply the 6 by the 2"?
Evaluate ab + 5
when a = 3 and b = 4.
What is 17?
A number that does not change, like the 5 in 2x + 5.
What is a Constant?
4 times the sum of a number n and 3.
What is 4(n + 3)?
Evaluate z2
when z = 9.
What is 81?
Simplify 1/2(4x + 10).
What is 2x + 5?
Evaluate 3(x + 2)
when x = 5.
What is 21?
How many terms are in the expression 3x + 4y - 12?
What is 3?