Distributive Property
Translation English to Math
Translation Math to English
Combining Like Terms
Vocabulary
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5(x + 12)

What is 5x + 60

100

Translate to Math: five times x take away 3

5x - 3

100

Translate to English: 8x

What is eight times x

100

-10w + 17w + 31

What is 7w +31

100

Separation between terms

What is subtraction or addition symbols

200

7(m - 11)

What is 7m - 77

200

Translate to Math: Six times k 

What is 6k

200

Translate to English: 5x + 4

What is Five times x increased by 4

200

Simplify 21f - 6 + 4f  + 4 

25f - 2

200

The number in front of the variable.

What is Coefficients

300

12(t - 4)

What is 12t - 48

300

Translate to Math: f divided by 2 

What is f/2

300

Translate to English: f + 10

What is a number, f, increased by ten

300

Simplify 19a + 6b - 17a + 3b + 9b - 2a

What is 18b


300

The letters that represent unknowns.

What is variables

400

13(3m - n)

What is 39m - 13n

400

Translate to Math: eleven plus four times w

What is 11 + 4w

400

Translate to English: Four less than a number, x.

What is x - 4

400

-4r + 7q + 20q - 19r

What is 16q - 12r

400

Numbers, values that don't change

What is constants

500

-12(4y + 2z)

What is -48y - 24z

500

Translate to Math: a number, y, decreased by 17

What is y - 17

500

Translate to English: 7d (4 + d)

What is Seven times a number, d, times four more than a number, d.

500

23t + 5(3t - 20r) + 17t 

What is 55t -100r 

500
Terms that can be added or subtracted

What is Like Terms