MATHEMATICS 7

SECOND QUARTER
Welcome to our
Virtual Class
GRADE 7
PRAYER
 Checking
of
Attendance
 TARGET

The students should be able to:

a. translate English phrases to mathematical symbols and vice
versa; and
b. identify constant, variables, coefficient and number of terms
 LESSON 4

Translating
English phrases to
Mathematical symbols
and vice versa
 ADDITION
5 more x 5+x
5 more than x x+5
5 added to x x+5 In addition and
5 greater than x x+5
subtraction, you
must be careful
SUBTRACTION
with the order of
5 less x 5-x
the number.
5 less than x x-5
5 subtracted from x x-5
TRANSLATE ENGLISH PHRASES TO MATHEMATICAL SYMBOLS
Translate each into algebraic expressions. Let x represent a certain number.
English Phrases Key Words Algebraic Translation
the sum of m and 8 sum m+8
7 minus a minus 7-a

r exceeds by 20 exceeds by r + 20
the product of 9 and n product 9n
divided by 𝒚
y divided by 8
𝟖
twice a number twice 2x
𝒙
the quotient of a number and 10 quotient
𝟏𝟎
10 less b less 10 - b
𝟑
three-fourths of a number 𝒙
of 𝟒
TRANSLATE ENGLISH PHRASES TO MATHEMATICAL SYMBOLS
Translate each into algebraic expressions. Let x represent a certain number.

1. The sum of twice a number and 7 𝟐 𝒙+𝟕

2. The product of 12 and a number, 𝟏𝟐 𝒙 −𝟖
decreased by 8

3. 20 more than 4 times a number 𝟒 𝒙+𝟐𝟎

4. The quotient of thrice a number and 15 𝟑𝒙
𝟏𝟓
5. 8 times the square of a number, diminished by
4 8
TRANSLATE MATHEMATICAL SYMBOLS TO ENGLISH PHRASES
Expressions are usually named by the last operation to be performed in the expression.

𝟐 𝒙+𝟓
The sum of twice a 𝟓𝒂 The quotient of 5 times a
and 4
number and 5
𝟒 Five times a divided by 4
2 times x increased by 5

The difference of x and

𝒙 −𝟑 𝒚 thrice y 𝟑( 𝒙+𝟗) Thrice the sum of x and 9
Three times the sum of x
A number of x diminished and 9
by 3 times y
𝒂+𝒃 The quotient of the sum of a
𝟐 The square of a minus 4 and b and the difference of a
𝒂 −𝟒𝐛 times b 𝒂− 𝒃 and b

The difference of square The sum of a and b divided by

of a and 4 times b their difference
 LESSON 5

Introduction to
Algebraic Expressions,
Constant and
Variables
 COLUMN A COLUMN B
Number of eggs in a dozen Number of person’s heartbeat per minute
Number of minutes in an hour Number of enrollees in school each year
Length of a meter Electric bill per month

Fixed value Different value

CONSTANT VARIABLE

1.What is common in Column A? Column B?

2.What makes these two groups different?
3.Can you add/give more examples in
Column A? Column B?
ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS
-is any combination of one or more constants and variables along with at
least one mathematical operation.
-consist of one/more terms separated by plus(+) or minus(-) signs
CONSTANT
-is any number or symbol representing one fixed value.
x+4 The constant is 4.
2x - 3 The constant is -3.
VARIABLES
-is any letter or symbol that changes its value.
m+4 The variable is m.
4xy-7 The variables are x and y.
 VARIABLES
List all the possible values of the variable.
1. m is a negative integer greater than -3 m = {-2,-1}

2. a is the age of a teenager a = {13,14,15,16,17,18,19}

3. d is a multiple of 2 less than 10 d = {2,4,6,8}

4. x is a prime number less than 15 x = {2,3,5,7,11,13

5. y is a factor of 9 y = {-1,3,9}
ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS

COEFFICIENT Numerical coefficient Literal coefficient

number part letter part including
exponents
2𝑥 2 𝑥
10 𝑠𝑡 2
10 𝑠𝑡 2
LEADING COEFFICIENT
−5 𝑚𝑛+8 𝑇h𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 −5
ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS

TERM

Number of Terms Leading Term

−5 𝑚𝑛+ 8 2 −5 𝑚𝑛
3 9𝑥 3
 ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS
2
9 𝑠𝑡 − 4 𝑠𝑡 +7
𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 7 𝟐
𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 𝟗𝒔𝒕
𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒/ 𝑠 s , t
9
9 , -4
3
and
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