PRACTICE TASK ON MATHEMATICAL LANGUAGE AND SYMBOLS
TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING VERBAL SATEMENTS TO
MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION
1. The sum of a number and ten.
2. The difference between 5 and a number.
3. Six less than the product of a number and 7.
4. Eighteen more than a number.
5. Five times a number is 75.
6. A number divided by 14 equals 16.
7. 5 more than a number.
8. The sum of a number and 12 is 16.
9. Sixteen less than twice a number.
10. Two thirds of a number is one half the quotient of six and
five.
11. Five divided by a number is 5.
12. Six less than three times a number.
13. The difference of a number and eight divided by ten.
14. A number plus three is one third of the difference y and two.
15. 10 times a number is decreased by 9.
16. Sixteen less than the sum and of three and a number.
17. A number is decreased by 9.
18. Five more than the sum of a number and 7.
19. The product of a number and three is two thirds the number.
20. Seven minus a number is twice the difference between y and
two.
21. The sum of 12 and a number is 10.
22. The difference between a number and 6 is 4…
23. Twice a number decreased by 2 is 11.
24. Three times a number increased by 7 is 10.
25. Six less than a number cubed is 15.
26. A number squared added to 8 is 5.
27. Five times the sum of 6 and a number is 24.
28. Twice the sum of a number and 10 is 20.
29. If 3 is subtracted from four times a number, the result is the
sum of 5 times the number and 10.
30. If a number is added to 6, the result is the difference between
twice the number and 5.
31. Four times the sum of a number and 10 is 92.
32. If a number is subtracted from 94, the result is 19 more than
the product of 5 and the number.
33. If 3 is added to twice a number, the result is the difference of
4 times the number and 6.
34. Eight subtracted from 9 times a number is equal to the sum
of 6 and the number squared.
35. The sum of 12 and a number is equal to the number cubed
added to 5.
36. Eleven times the difference of a number and 42 is equal to
the sum of the number cubed and 10.
37. The product of 6 and a number added to 3 is equal to the
number squared increased by 8.
38. If 7 is subtracted from a number squared, the result is twice
the sum of 5 times the number and 8.
39. Six times the difference of twice a number and one is equal
to the number cubed less than 16.
40. If 4 is subtracted from a number the result is two thirds the
sum of twice the number and 6.
