Exam 1

Name: _______________________________________
(100 points total)
1. Fill in the Actions boxes for the table below. (8 points)
Operation/Action Table
Operation

Action
Determine how much more or less
Put equal pieces together
Make equal parts from
Put pieces together

2. A student sees the symbol in an equation but doesnt know what it means.
Luckily they do have a copy of your phrasebook. Explain how they would
most easily find the meaning in your phrasebook. (4 points)
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3. List the 4 methods of translation form most effective to least effective.

(1 = most effective, 4 = least effective) (4 points)
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
4. ________________________________

Write an algebraic expression that represents the following phrases. (If the
problem says a number use n as your variable) (20 points)
4. 985 decreased by a number

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5. twice a number, plus 83

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6. the product of v and 6, divided by 98

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7. the quotient of 900 and d

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8. 98 less than 95 times c

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9. b less than 92 times 4

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10. 62 more than the quotient of a number and 46

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11. the quotient of j and 6, decreased by 780

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12. 97 multiplied by the amount 40 minus d

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13. the quotient of 65 and the sum of x and 93

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English Algebra
14. Your parents keep their spare change in a jar at home. The jar contains
quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. Write an algebraic expression to find
what the total amount of money in the jar is where q = the number of
quarters, d = the number of dimes, n = the number of nickels, and p = the
number of pennies. (8 points)

Write a verbal translation for the following algebraic expressions. (20 points)
2

15. j + 5j + 3

16. 8(6m)

17. 94/6h3

18. 900 45/d

Math English

Write a word problem that could have the following expression as its solution. (36
points)
29 ( 100 89)