Rewriting Expressions
By D P Clay
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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.
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:
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
Problem 3 Got it? What is an algebraic expression for 8 less than the product of a number x and 4?
Problem 3 Got it? What is an algebraic expression for 8 less than the product of a number x and 4?
Problem 3 Got it? What is an algebraic expression for twice the sum of a number x and 8?
Problem 3 Got it? What is an algebraic expression for twice the sum of a number x and 8?
Problem 3 Got it? What is an algebraic expression for the quotient of 5 and the sum of 12 and a number x?
Problem 3 Got it? What is an algebraic expression for the quotient of 5 and the sum of 12 and a number x?
Problem 4 Got it? What word phrase can you use to represent the algebraic expression?
Problem 4 Got it? What word phrase can you use to represent the algebraic expression?
Problem 4 Got it? What word phrase can you use to represent the algebraic expression 5x - 1?
Problem 4 Got it? What word phrase can you use to represent the algebraic expression 5x - 1?