Problems 12-1 | Answer Key 12-1 | Problems 12-2 | Answer Key 12-2

Problems 12-1  (click HERE for a printer-friendly version)

Directions: Complete the exercises below. When you finish, compare your answers with those in the Answer Key that follows. If you get less than 8 items correct, please review the instruction.

Change the "Word Sentences" into Math Expressions or Equations when ever possible.

1. What is nine plus two? = _____
    
2. What is 12 decreased by four times x? = _____
    
3. What is 12 more than 10? = _____
    
4. What is five more than three times x? = _____
    
5. What is 8 less than six times a number? = _____
    
6. What is a number divided by 5? = _____
    
7. What is 3x more than 5b? = _____
    
8. What is 2a less than b divided by c? = _____
    
9. What is 2x less than 2y divided by z? = _____
    
10. What is three times the sum of x + 8? = _____
    

Answer Key 12-1  (click HERE for a printer-friendly version) (top)

Compare your answers to Problems 12-1  with those in the Answer Key below.

1. What is nine plus two?    If x equals the number, then x = 9 + 2, so x = 11.
    
2. What is 12 decreased by four times x?    4x - 12.
    
3. What is 12 more than 10?     If x equals the number, then x = 10 + 12, so x = 22.
    
4. What is five more than three times x?     3x + 5.
    
5. What is 8 less than six times a number?     Let x =  the number; then 6x - 8.
    
6. What is a number divided by 5?    Let x be the number; then .
    
7. What is 3x more than 5b?   5b + 3z
    
8. What is 2A less than B divided by C?   
    
9. What is 2X less than 2Y divided by Z?   
    
10. What is three times the sum of x + 8?    3(x + 8).

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