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Can You Write in Math Language?: From Words Into Numerical Expressions
Can You Write in Math Language?: From Words Into Numerical Expressions
Can You Write in Math Language?: From Words Into Numerical Expressions
Seven
Number seven
Number 7
5 7 7 6 7 7 1 + - ÷
Plus
Plus three
Five plus
5 4 7 6 4 3 2 + + + +
1
Increased
Increased by 6
3 increased
3 increased by 6
5 1 3 6 4 1 2 + : + +
Added
Added to 1
2 added
2 added to 4
5 1 4 6 4 1 2 + + +
more
more than 1
7 more
7 more than 1
2 1 7 6 4 7 2 + : + +
2
FROM WORDS INTO NUMERICAL EXPRESSIONS - SUMMARY
numbers numbers
7 7 seven 7
number 7 7 number seven 7
plus increased by
plus + increased +
4 increased 4+
4 plus 4+
increased by 3
plus 3 +3 +3
4 plus 3 4+3 4 increased by 3 4 + 3
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FROM WORDS INTO NUMERICAL EXPRESSIONS - EXERCISES
Exercise 1. Is a numerical expression? Choose “Yes” or “No”. If not why?
YES YES
4 plus 6 3 more than 6 NO
NO
YES YES
more than
NO
2 increased by
NO
YES YES
increased by 4 NO
added to 5 NO
YES YES
4 added to 5 NO
plus 3 NO
YES YES
3 more than
NO
4 added to
NO
YES YES
added to
NO
1 increased by 4 NO
YES YES
plus
NO
more than 6 NO
YES YES
Increased by
NO
3 plus
NO
4
Exercise 2. Translate words into math language.
plus 5 5 plus
increased by 6 2 increased by
4 added to added to 7
2 5 2 5
1 8 3 4
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Exercise 5. Translate word phrases into numerical expressions.
6 plus
3 2 increased by 7
MATH LANGUAGE MATH LANGUAGE
6 + 3
9 added to 1 3 increased by 2
MATH LANGUAGE MATH LANGUAGE
6
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Exercise 6. Match the word phrases with the numerical expressions. (Level 1)
3 5
plus
4 increased by
Example
3 plus 6
MATH LANGUAGE
6MATH
+ 3LANGUAGE
6 plus 3 3+6
4 increased by 5 4+5
4 5 increased by 4 2
added to 6 more than
5+4 1
MATH LANGUAGE MATH LANGUAGE
2 added to 3 2+3
3 added to 2 3+2
Exercise 7. Match the word phrases with the numerical expressions. (Level 2)
Example
5 plus 1 5+1
1 plus 5 1+5
5 increased by 1 1+5
1 increased by 5 5+1
4 added to 6 6+4
6 added to 4 4+6
7
2 more than 3 3+2
Exercise 8. Match the word phrases with the numerical expressions. (Level 1)
5 plus 2 3+4
4 added to 9 6+3
7 plus 3 3+2
2 added to 3 9+4
3 increased by 4 1+8
1 increased by 8 7+3
6 added to 3 3+6
Exercise 9. Match the word phrases with the numerical expressions. (Level 2)
4 plus 3 7+2
3 added to 7 5+3
7 plus 2 3+4
3 increased by 5 7+3
5 added to 3 3+5
3 increased by 4 4+3
8
5 more than 1 6+3
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Exercise 10. Translate word phrases into numerical expressions. (Level 1)
3 plus 4 5 added to 3
4 added to 3 3 increased by 3
5 plus 4 3 added to 7
2 added to 6 5 increased by 3
4 plus 5 3 added to 8
2 plus 4 4 increased by 3
2 increased by 7 3 added to 3
5 plus 5 6 increased by 3
7 increased by 2 2 added to 8
1 plus 9 4 increased by 6
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Exercise 12. Translate numerical expressions into word phrases.
Example
6 + 3 2 + 4
6 plus 3
6 increased by 3
3 added to 6
3 more than 6
1 + 7 5 + 3
4 + 4 3 + 5
8 + 1 2 + 6
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Exercise 13. Can you write word phrases?
Example
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Exercise 14. Make your word phrases. Translate them into numerical expressions.
plus added to
7 5 4 8 6 4 3 2 increased by more than
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A number sentence is a statement of equality between two numerical expressions.
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