Translating Words Into Expressions and Equations
Ten more than the number of days is 35.
10 + d = 35
4 divided into 16
16 ÷ 4 or 16 / 4
60 less than 200
200 - 60
Seven more boys than girls is 21
7 + g = 21
the sum of seventy and twenty
70 + 20
eight times twenty
8 x 20 or 8 (20)
10 divided into 80
80 ÷ 10 or 80 / 10
the quotient of 80 and 8
80 ÷ 8 or 80 / 8
45 fewer than 90
90 - 45
5 less than a number
n - 5
the product of ten and ten
10 x 10 or 10 (10)
one hundred subtract twenty-five
100 - 25
a number divided into 100
100 ÷ n or 100 / n
twelve more than six
12 + 6
Seventeen minus a number is 23.
17 - n = 23
Twice the total decreased by 10 is 70.
2t - 10 = 70
three more pancakes than his brother ate
3 + p
thirty divided by ten
30 ÷ 6 or 30 / 10
multiply 4 and a number
4n or 4 x N
Five more than 6 times a number is 47.
5 + 6n = 47
five inches more than the height
5 + h
the difference of fifty and twenty- five
50 - 25
20 fewer than r
r - 20
The total is 8 times 5 plus the product of 7 and a number
t = 8 x 5 + 7n
Bill's weight decreased by 18
w - 18