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Creating equivalent algebraic expressions from verbal description

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a number increased by nine   x+9  
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the product of seven and a number   7x  
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five times a number   5x  
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the sum of a number and eight   x + 8  
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the difference of a number and ten   x - 10  
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eight less than a number   x - 8  
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a number divided by fifteen   x / 15  
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a number increased by twelve   x + 12  
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the sum of twice a number and six   2x + 6  
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eighty less than a number   x – 80  
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twenty-eight split in half   28 ÷ 2  
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the product of a number and seven   7x  
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the quotient of a number and four   x ÷ 4  
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five greater than three times a number   3x + 5  
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a number distributed evenly among six   x ÷ 6  
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the total of forty and a number   40 + x  
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A number is negative ten.   x = -10  
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A number plus two is eight.   x + 2 = 8  
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The difference between a number and seven is negative three.   x – 7 = -3  
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One less than twice a number is seventeen.   2x – 1 = 17  
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Twelve is the product of a number and three   12 = 3x  
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Half of a number is twenty.   (½) x = 20 or ( x / 2) = 20  
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Distribute - 3 ( -x - 5 )   3x + 15  
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Distribute - 3 (3 - x)   - 9 +3x and in standard form this is 3x - 9  
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five less than a number   n - 5  
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Three times the sum of a number and twelve   3(n+12)  
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Ten more than the quotient of c and three   (c/3) + 10  
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Two increased by six times a number   2 + 6n  
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two-thirds of a number, minus eleven   (2/3)n-11  
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two-thirds of the difference of a number and eleven   (2/3)(n-11)  
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Twice the difference between c and 4   2(c-4)  
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The product of nine and a number, decreased by seven   9n - 7  
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The product of nine and the difference of a number and seven   9(n-7)  
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Twelve times the sum of a number and five times the number   12(n +5n)  
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Six times a number plus seven times a number   6n +7n  
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