Algebra In Words (And Other Stuff)

Algebra In Words

100

Three less than four times a number is twelve

What is 4n-3=12

200

Half a number is twenty

n/2 = 20

300

Four times six less than a number is forty five.

4(n-6)=45

400

Ten more than one-fifth a number is three hundred

x/5 + 10 = 300

500

Five times three less than a number is four more than twelve.

5(n-3)=12 + 4

Algebra In Words (and solving)

100

Half a number is twenty one. What is that number?

n/2 = 21

n=42

200

three more than twice a number is eleven. What is that number?

2n + 3 = 11

2n = 8

n = 4

300

six times two more than a number is twelve. What's the number?

6(n+2)=12

n+2 = 2

n = 0

400

4 times half less than a number is ten. What's the number?

4(n - 1/2) = 10

4n - 2 = 10

4n = 12

n = 3

500

seven times three less than a number is two more than that number (good luck!)

7(n-3)=n+2

7n - 21 = n + 2

6n = 23

n = 23/6

n = 3 5/6

Common Sayings

100

Be there, or be

square

200

Better late than

never

300

Well I'll be a monkey's

uncle

400

If i'm lyin', I'm

dyin'

500

I'm so hungry I could eat a 

horse

Straight Up Algebra

100

10x=40

x=4

200

x+12=5

x=-7

300

3(x+2)+4 = 20

x= 3 1/3

400

-3-2x=-17

x=7

500

-5(x+4)=-2(x+3)

x=-4 2/3

Public Figures

100

I went to the Super Bowl and the world cared more about that than the game itself

Taylor Swift

200

I'm the vice President of the USA

Kamala Harris

300

I'm the crocodile Dundee

Steve Irwine

400

I host Hell's Kitchen, and am known for being a very mean, angry chef

Gordon Ramsey

500

I became the first black woman to have a #1 country song

Beyonce