Question

Translate each of the following algebraic expressions:

(i) 4b – 3

(ii) 8(m+5)

(iii) 7/(8-x)

(iv) 17(16/w)

Answer 1

(i) 4b – 3

Three subtracted from four times b.

(ii) 8(m+5)

Eight times the sum of m and 5.

(iii) 7/(8-x)

Quotient on dividing seven by the difference of eight and x(x<8).

(iv) 17(16/w)

Seventeen times quotient of sixteen divided by w.