Translate verbal expressions
five more than a number k is 12
k + 5 = 12
the difference of a number and 22
x - 22
the number of seconds in m minutes
60m
Write an equation if D is the number of dance songs and R is the number of rap songs Destiny has on her music player. The difference between the number of dance songs and rap songs is 12 songs.
D - R = 12
the product of a number and 6 is 30
6x = 30
the number of months in y years
12y
Write an equation for the width W and the length L. The width is one less than five times the length.
W = 5L - 1
the difference of a number w and 11 equals 35
w - 11 = 35
5 more than twice a number
5 + 2x
the number of tokens needed to play v video games if each game takes 4 tokens
4v
Write an equation if the cost of an adult movie ticket is A and a child's ticket is C. Half of the difference between the cost of an adult movie ticket and a children's ticket is $3.
1/2 (A - C) = 3
the quotient of 12 and a number equals 3
12/x = 3
number of days left in a week if d days have passed so far
7-d
Write an equation describing the number of aliens A and the number of monsters M. On level 2 of Paul's video game the number of aliens were twenty less than twice the number of monsters.
A = 2M - 20
three more than twice a number equals 15
2x + 3 = 15
each person's share if p people share 16 slices of pizza equally
16/p
Write an equation if J is the amount juniors raised for prom and S is the number seniors raised for prom. Three times the sum of the money raised by juniors and seniors for prom was $2500.
3(J + S) = 2500