Rewriting Expressions

By D P Clay
Last updated almost 6 years ago
7 Questions
Note from the author:
Quick assessment on writing expressions and parts of expressions

A student was trying to represent the following sentence using an algebraic expression:

h times 3

Sort the answer options into either correct or incorrect.

  • h3
  • 3h
  • 3xh
  • 3 / h
  • h to the third power
  • Correct!
  • Incorrect

Decide the placement of each statement:

  • Coefficient goes before the variable
  • An algebraic expression has an exponent
  • An algebraic expression has an variable
  • An algebraic expression has an equal sign
  • 3m is bigger than 2y
  • A variable is a capital letter
  • x to the zero power = 1
  • Always True
  • Sometimes True
  • Never True

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Problem 4 Got it? What word phrase can you use to represent the algebraic expression?

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