Translating Word Problems

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Date/Period: _________________
Put at least 5 words or phrases into each category (some could go into more than one category):
Decreased By
Is
Each
Combined
Gained
Difference
Was
Younger than
Shared equally
Together
Dive/dove
Of
Volume
Minus
Costs
Were
Ratio of
Added to
Doubled
Younger than
Take away
Out of
Yields
Fewer than
Product
Tax
Grew
Shorter than
Area
Borrowed
Increased by
Quotient
Climbed
Tripled
Sum
Will be
Split
More than
Taller than
Per
Divided
Rose
Twice
Less than
Totaled
By
Older than
Dropped
Lost
Fell
Percent
Multiplied by
Times
Plus
Less
Are
Addition
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Equals
Make up one word problem using your words/phrases and translate into an equation or expression:
Example: I paid $0.50 for each of four apples. How much did I spend?
4 × 0.50 = 2.00
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Date/Period: _________________
Practice writing equations and expressions from verbal descriptions:
1) Two less than a number
4) My jacket cost twice as much as my shoes
2) Jamal is 3 years older than Sonia
5) The temperature has dropped 15 degrees since noon
3) 4 more than twice a number
6) Jill has gained 30 pounds since last year.
1) Mike's Towing Company charges $60 to hook a vehicle to the truck and $1.50 for each mile the vehicle is towed. Which equation
best represents the relationship between the number of miles towed, m, and the total charges, c?
a. c = 60m + 1.50
b. c = 60m + 1.50
c. c = 60 + 1.50
d. c = 60 + 1.50m
2) At the beginning of the school year, teachers had 260,000 sheets of copier paper to use. If about 1500 sheets of paper are used
each day during a school year, which equation best describes s, the number of sheets that are left after d days of school?
a. s = 260,000d - 1500d
b. s = 260,000d + 1500d
c. s = 260,000 - 1500d
d. s = 260,000 + 1500d
3) The Georgia Peach Company ships peaches in wooden boxes. An empty wooden box has a mass of 2.5 kilograms. The peaches have an
average mass of 0.15 kilogram each. Which equation expresses m, the total mass of a box of peaches, in terms of p, the number of
peaches in the box?
a. m = 0.15 - 2.5p
b. m = 0.15p - 2.5
c. m = 0.15 + 2.5p
d. m = 0.15p + 2.5
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Addition
Increased by,
More than,
Combined,
Together
Totaled
Sum
Added to
Plus
Rose
Climbed
Older than
Taller than
Grew
Gained
Fee
Subtraction
Decreased By
Minus
Less
Difference
Less than
Younger than
Shorter than
Fewer than
Fell
Dropped
Borrowed
Take away
Lost
Dive/dove
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Multiplication
Division
Equals
Of
Times
Multiplied by
Product
By
Twice
Doubled
Tripled
Quadrupled
Area
Volume
Tax
Per
Each
Out of
Split
Shared equally
Divided
Quotient
Ratio of
Percent
Is
Are
Was
Were
Will be
Gives
Yields
Sold for
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Practice writing equations and expressions from verbal descriptions:
1) Two less than a number
x–2
2) Jamal is 3 years older than Sonia
j=s+3
3) 4 more than twice a number
2n + 4
4) My jacket cost twice as much as my shoes
j = 2s
5) The temperature has dropped 15 degrees since noon
t = n - 15
6) Jill has gained 30 pounds since last year.
j = l + 30
4) Mike's Towing Company charges $60 to hook a vehicle to the truck and $1.50 for each mile the vehicle is towed. Which equation
best represents the relationship between the number of miles towed, m, and the total charges, c?
a. c = 60m + 1.50
b. c = 60m + 1.50
c. c = 60 + 1.50
d. c = 60 + 1.50m
5) At the beginning of the school year, teachers had 260,000 sheets of copier paper to use. If about 1500 sheets of paper are used
each day during a school year, which equation best describes s, the number of sheets that are left after d days of school?
a. s = 260,000d - 1500d
b. s = 260,000d + 1500d
c. s = 260,000 - 1500d
d. s = 260,000 + 1500d
6) The Georgia Peach Company ships peaches in wooden boxes. An empty wooden box has a mass of 2.5 kilograms. The peaches have an
average mass of 0.15 kilogram each. Which equation expresses m, the total mass of a box of peaches, in terms of p, the number of
peaches in the box?
a. m = 0.15 - 2.5p
b. m = 0.15p - 2.5
c. m = 0.15 + 2.5p
d. m = 0.15p + 2.5
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Alternatively – cut out larger copies of the words, give 2 to 3 to each student as they enter the class and have them place the words on the
correct table/desk. Go over some of the examples as an introduction to the lesson.
Decreased By
Is
Each
Combined
Gained
Difference
Was
Younger than
Shared equally
Together
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Dive/dove
Of
Volume
Minus
Costs
Were
Ratio of
Added to
Doubled
Younger than
Take away
Out of
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Yields
Fewer than
Product
Tax
Grew
Shorter than
Area
Borrowed
Increased by
Quotient
Proportion
Fraction
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Climbed
Tripled
Sum
Will be
Split
More than
Taller than
Per
Divided
Rose
Twice
Less than
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Totaled
By
Older than
Dropped
Lost
Fell
Percent
Multiplied by
Times
Plus
Less
Are
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Used
Volume
Cubed
Squared
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