Algebra Lesson 1-4 & 1-5

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)