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)