METRO MANILA COLLEGE

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
GE4 – Mathematics in the Modern World

Activity Sheet #1
Language of Mathematics (Numbers and Symbols)
TRANSLATING SYMBOLS INTO WORDS. Translate the following symbols into words. Write
legibly and, observed proper spelling and grammar onto your words, phrases and/or sentences.

1. (𝑥 + 3) − 5 = 2 The sum of x and three minus five equals two.

2. 5 − (𝑏 − 3) = 10 Five minus the difference of b and three equals ten.

3. 42 − 24 + 8 ≠ 33 Forty-two minus twenty-four plus eight is not equal to

thirty-three.

4. (6+2)
=1 The sum of six and two divided by eight equals one.
8

5. 3(𝑐 + 4) = 13−𝑐
50% The sum of c and four multiply to three is equal to the
quotient of fifty percent and thirteen minus c.

6. 1
(1.2𝑦 − 14) − = 2.13𝑧 One-half subtracted from the difference of one and two
2
tenths y minus fourteen is equal to two and thirteen
hundredths z.
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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
GE4 – Mathematics in the Modern World