Algebra Lesson 1-4 & 1-5
Translate Words & Sentences into Equations
• Eight times a number
• The product of three and a number
• Five more than a number
• One fourth of a number
• A number decreased by four
• A number divided by five
• Nine less than half a number
• A number divided by five
• Nine less than half a number
• Nine more than twice a number
• A rectangle has width 6 units and length x units. Its area is ______ square units
• A rectangle has width y and length 13. Its perimeter is _________.
• You travel for (t-2) hours at 75 km/h. You travel _______ km.
• You buy (m+5) bagels at 35 cents each. The cost is ________ cents.
• Al earns (p+3) dollars per hour. In 8 hours, he earns __________ dollars.
• Our house is y years old. Four years ago it was ______________ years old.
• The Golden Gate Bridge was built n years ago. Three years from now it will have been standing ________ years.
• A sports arena was d years old 15 years ago. It is now __________ years old.
• Nine years from now Fenway Park will be g years old. It is now _________ years old.
• Mike jogs for half an hour at y mph He jogs _________ miles.
• Workers on an assembly line produce (x+10) cars each day. In 5 days they produce ________ cars.
• A conveyor belt moves at n yd/min. In 10 minutes it moves __________ yards.
• Twelve more than the number p is 37
• Eight is 5 less than twice the number r
• Forty decreased by the number m is 24.5
• The number a increased by 2.3 is 8.3
• The sum of one third of the number s and 12 is 23
• The product of 58 and the number n is 1
• The quotient of the number b and 4 is 8
• Three fourths of the number h is 192
• The product of 12 and the quantity 1 less than the number d is 84
• The product of 7 and the sum of twice the number x and 3 is 126
• One third of a number is seven
• Six less than a number is twelve
• Half of the sum of three and a number is four
• Four less than twice a number is nine
• Twice a number is 18 more than five times the number
• A number is 9 more than one third of itself
• Eleven less than twice n is seven more than n
• Ten times x is twice the sum of x and eight
• Three less than twice a number is eight
• Three times the quantity two less than x is eight
• Two less than the number which is three less than x is eight
• Three times two decreased by x is eight
• Three diminished by twice a number is eight
• Two decreased by three times a number is eight
• Three times the number which is x less than two is eight
• A number decreased by 5
• 5 more than a number
• The quotient of 5 and a number
• Twice the sum of 5 and a number
• The perimeter of a square is 116m (Length of a side)
• A dozen eggs cost $1.19 (Cost of one egg)
• Seven years from now a coin will be 50 years old (Coin’s age now)
• Nine days ago a new radio station had been on the air for 13 days (Station’s age now)
• A bookstore has sold all but 12 of the dictionaries in a shipment of 120 dictionaries. (Number of dictionaries sold)
• A student solved all but the last four exercises in a homework assignment of 30 exercises (Number of exercises solved)
• One eighth of a pizza sold for $.95 (Cost of the whole pizza)
• A sixteen-year-old building is one fourth as old as a nearby bridge
• A train traveled 462 km at a rate of 132 km/h (Number of hours traveled)
• A rectangular floor is tiled with 928 square tiles. The floor is 32 tiles long. (Number of tiles in the width)
• In a floor plan of a house, dimensions are shown 1/100 of actual size. The length of the family room in the plan is 8.5 cm (Actual length of the room)
• A season ticket good for 39 basketball games costs $1092. (Cost of one admission with this ticket)
• Each car in a fleet of 24 rental cars is either red or blue. There are 3 more blue cars than twice the number of red ones. (Number of red cars)
• The sum of three numbers is 120. the second of the number is 8 less than the first, and the third is 4 more than the first. (First Number)