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Translating Verbal Statements into Equations
(Answer ID # 0597802)
Express each of the following problems algebraically.
(Hint: Use n as the unknown number and create an equation from the problem.)

				3
			1							11
		2
				14			16	9
								17
											6		7
													13
8								15	10
	18
5
12	4

 

down 1. two times the sum of a number and 3 is 24 Answer: 2(n + 3) = ?	down 2. 35 less than a number equals 55 Answer: n - 35 = ?	down 3. The product of 4 and a number is 8 Answer: ? = 8
down 4. 11 less than twice a number is 5 Answer: 2n - 11 = ?	down 5. two times the sum of a number and 4 is 12 Answer: 2(n + 4) = ?	down 6. seven times a number, less 11 is 59 Answer: 7n - ? = 59
down 7. 28 less than a number equals 47 Answer: n - ? = 47	down 8. The product of 9 and a number is 9 Answer: 9n = ?	down 9. The sum of a number and five times the same number is 48 Answer: n + 5n = ?
down 10. 77 less than a number equals -48 Answer: n - ? = -48	down 11. 10 less than the product of 6 and a number is 20 Answer: 6n - ? = 20	across 1. 19 less than twice a number is -15 Answer: ? - 19 = -15
across 2. The sum of a number and five times the same number is 54 Answer: n + 5n = ?	across 3. six times a number, less 4 is 14 Answer: 6n - ? = 14	across 6. The sum of 87 and a number is 132 Answer: 87+ n = ?
across 12. The sum of 7 and the product of 3 and a number is 25 Answer: 7 + 3n = ?	across 13. A number increased by 80 is 94 Answer: n + ? = 94	across 14. Twice the sum of a certain number and 25 is 56 Answer: 2(n ? 25) = 56
across 15. 15 less than a number equals 67 Answer: n - 15 = ?	across 16. The sum of 98 and a number is 142 Answer: 98+ n = ?	across 17. six less than eight times a number is 42 Answer: ? - 6 = 42
across 18. The sum of 6 and the product of 2 and a number is 22 Answer: 6 + 2n = ?

 

Answer Key

				4
			2	n						1
		5	4							0
		5
				+			1	4	2
								8	n
											1	3	2
											1		8	0
9								6	7
									7
	2	2
1
2	5

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