Name: Homework 3

GE3 – NDDU Weight: 50 points

Construct algebraic expressions or equations based on the criteria given and translate them in
words.

Criteria 1: Algebraic expression with two terms and one unknown. (3 points each)

Algebraic Expressions Word phrases

Example: x 2−2 Two subtracted from the square of a number
1. 2 x−7 Twice a number subtracted to seven
1 One-fourth of a number plus four
2. +4
4
1 One and a half times difference of a number and two
3. ( n−2 )
2
4. 4−3 n Four more than three times a number
5. 8−2 n Twice a number subtracted from eight

Criteria 2: Algebraic expression with three fundamental operations – choose three from
addition (A), subtraction (S), multiplication (M), and division (D). (3 points each)

Algebraic Expressions Word phrases

x The product of three and a number plus the quotient of the
Example: 3 x+
2 number and two. (The operations are M, A, and D.)
x The quotient of two and a number minus the product of six
1. ( x +6)
2 and a number. (The operations are M, A, and D)

2 x +4 The sum of twice of a number and four divided to the

2.
6−2 x difference of six and two of a number. (The operations are A,
D, and S)

3. ( x−6 ) ×(4 +2 n) The difference of a number and six times the sum four and
twice a number. (The operations are S, M, and A)

8+2 n Three times twice a number divided into the sum of eight and
4.
3× 2 n trice a number. (The operations are M, D, and A)

x The quotient of the number and seven minus the sum of 8

6. −( 8+ 2 x )
7 and twice a number. (The operations are D, S, and A)

Criteria 3: Equations with two terms in both sides . (4 points each)

Equations Word sentences

Example: x +5=x 2−10 The sum of a number and five is equal to ten less than the
 square of the number.
2
1. 2 x−4=x +8 The difference of twice a number and 4 is equal to 8 more
than the square of the number.

2. 10−( x+ 4 ) =3 x Ten less than a number and four is equal to twice the
number.

3. n+12=24 The sum of a number and twelve is twenty-four.

n 2 The ratio of a number and eighteen is two-thirds.

4. =
18 3

8 The quotient of eight by twice a number is four more than

5. =4+ x
(2+ x ) a number.