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Rewriting Expressions

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Quick assessment on writing expressions and parts of expressions

Question 1

1.

A student was trying to represent the following sentence using an algebraic expression:

h times 3

Sort the answer options into either correct or incorrect.

h3
3h
3xh
3 / h
h to the third power

Question 2

2.

Decide the placement of each statement:

Coefficient goes before the variable
An algebraic expression has an exponent
An algebraic expression has an variable

Question 3

3.

Problem 3 Got it? What is an algebraic expression for 8 less than the product of a number x and 4?

8(x + 4)

8 - 4x

x/4 + 8

4x - 8

Question 4

4.

Problem 3 Got it? What is an algebraic expression for twice the sum of a number x and 8?

x + 2(8)

x(x + 8)

2x + 8

2(x + 8)

Question 5

5.

Problem 3 Got it? What is an algebraic expression for the quotient of 5 and the sum of 12 and a number x?

A

B

C

D

Question 6

6.

Problem 4 Got it? What word phrase can you use to represent the algebraic expression?

Question 7

7.

Problem 4 Got it? What word phrase can you use to represent the algebraic expression 5x - 1?

Correct!

Incorrect

An algebraic expression has an equal sign

3m is bigger than 2y

A variable is a capital letter

x to the zero power = 1

Always True

Sometimes True

Never True

the sum of a number n and 3

the product of a number n and 3

the quotient of a number n and 3

the difference of a number n and 3

the sum of 5 and the product of 1 and a number x

five more than 1 times a number x

five times a number x less 1

five times a number x plus 1