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                 Remember to read                                 REAL WORLD EXAMPLE
                 your  instrucions!
                                                                  EARNINGS
                 Write an expression                 14 + 1       Madison earns an allowance of
                 Your answer will be an expression  26 ÷ 2        $5 per week. She also earns $4
                                                                  per hour babysitting, and usually
                                                                  baby-sits 6 hours each week.
                 Evaluate an expression               15          Write and evaluate an expression
                 Your answer will be a value          13          for the total amount of money
                                                                  she earns in one week.
                 Sometimes it will ask you to write and then
                 evaluate so you must do both!



                                                                  Words   $5 allowance     plus   $4 per hour
                                                                                                  per week
                                                                                                  spent
                                                                                                  baby-sitting.
                                                                  Expression         5          +         4 x 6
                        Let’s Begin
                                                                   5 + 4 x 6 = 5 + 24     Multiply
                                                                              = 29        Add


               Translate Phrases Into Expressions                                  Madison earns $29 in
                                                                       Answer
                                                                                   one week.

                Examples



                 Write a numerical expression for the verbal phrase.
                                                                   Your Turn!
                 Phrase      the quotient of   eighteen and six
                                                                  Translate Phrases Into Expressions
                 Key Word      quotient


                 Expression      18 ÷ 6                             Write a numerical expression for the verbal
                                                                    phrase the product of three and f ve.


                            Answer       18 ÷ 6                     A. 3 + 5      B. 3 – 5
                                                                                  D. 3 ÷ 5
                                                                    C. 3 × 5
                                                                    Answer

                 Phrase      the sum of nine and f ve.

                 Key Word      sum


                 Expression      9 + 5



                            Answer       9 + 5








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