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Example Question #122 : How To Write Expressions And Equations
Write the equation: Twice the difference of five and a number is two.
Split the sentence into parts. Let a variable be the number.
The difference of five and a number:
Twice the difference of five and a number:
Is two:
Combine the parts to set up an equation.
The answer is:
Example Question #123 : How To Write Expressions And Equations
Write the equation: Six less than five times a number is negative four.
Break up the statement into parts.
Five times a number:
Six less than five times a number:
Is negative four:
Combine the parts to create an equation.
The answer is:
Example Question #122 : How To Write Expressions And Equations
Write the equation: Four is six less than eight times a number.
Break up the sentence into parts.
Eight times a number:
Six less than eight times a number:
Four is six less than eight times a number:
The answer is:
Example Question #125 : How To Write Expressions And Equations
Write the expression: Six less than the cube root of a number.
Solve by splitting the sentence into parts.
Cube root of a number:
Six less than the cube root of a number:
The answer is:
Example Question #1045 : Algebra 1
Write the equation: Four more than eight times a number is nine.
Separate this sentence into parts.
Eight times a number:
Four more than eight times a number:
Is nine:
Combine the parts.
The answer is:
Example Question #1046 : Algebra 1
Write the expression: One ninth less than a fourth of a number.
Separate the sentence into parts.
A fourth of a number:
One ninth less than a fourth of a number:
The answer is:
Example Question #131 : How To Write Expressions And Equations
Write the expression: Sixteen less than a number squared.
Separate the sentence into parts.
A number squared:
Sixteen less than a number squared:
Note that the number 16 is subtract from 
The answer is:
Example Question #132 : How To Write Expressions And Equations
Write as a variable expression:
Nine multiplied by the sum of a number and two thirds.
"The sum of a number and two thirds" is the result of adding 
Nine multiplied by this, remembering to use parentheses to override the precedence of multiplication, is:
Example Question #1041 : Algebra 1
Write as a variable expression:
Twenty added to the product of seven tenths and a number
"The product of seven tenths and a number" is the result of multiplying 
"Twenty added to" this is
Example Question #131 : How To Write Expressions And Equations
Which of the following English-language expressions can be rewritten as the algebraic expression 
Two thirds multiplied by the difference of seven and a number
Two thirds subtracted from the product of a number and seven
None of the other responses is correct
Two thirds multiplied by the difference of a number and seven
The product of a number and seven, subtracted from two thirds
Two thirds multiplied by the difference of a number and seven
"Two thirds multiplied by the difference of a number and seven"
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