Translate The Following Verbal Phrases To Mathematical Symbols, 1. A Number Less Than Five., 2. The Product Of Eight And A Number., 3. Seventeen Less

Translate the following verbal phrases to mathematical symbols

1. A number less than five.
2. The product of eight and a number.
3. Seventeen less than twice a number.
4. Twenty-three more than a number.
5. The quotient of a number and three added to 12.
6. Eight less than a number divided by five.
7. The sum of g and h subtracted from 43.

 

Answer:

1. 5 - x

2. 8(x) = 8x

3. 2x - 17

4. 23 + x

5. 12+  n

           3

6. x - 8

   5

7. 43 -  (g + h)

What we have done is translating mathematical phrase to algebraic expression. In translating mathematical phrase we need to know thw keywords and refer to  mathematical operation whether addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.