Question

Write each phrase as an algebraic expression:

1. Forty-two less than a number z
2. The product of eleven and a number k
3. A number t increased by seventy
4. The quotient of forty-three and a number m
5. Sixty-four added to a number w
6. One-hundred decreased by a number j
7. The sum of a number g and nine
8. Seventeen fewer than a number h
9. One-fourth of a number v

Answer 1

1. Forty-two less than a number z

• z - 42

2. The product of eleven and a number k

• 11k

3. A number t increased by seventy

• t + 70

4. The quotient of forty-three and a number m

• 43/m

5. Sixty-four added to a number w

• w + 64

6. One-hundred decreased by a number j

• 100 - j

7. The sum of a number g and nine

• g + 9

8. Seventeen fewer than a number h

• h - 17

9. One-fourth of a number v

• 1/4v or v/4