Translating Word Problems
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Name: ___________________________ Translating Word Problems 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 Name: ___________________________ Translating Word Problems 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 Name: _____________________________ 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 Translating Word Problems 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 Name: _____________________________ Translating Word Problems 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 Name: _____________________________ Translating Word Problems 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 Name: _____________________________ Translating Word Problems Dive/dove Of Volume Minus Costs Were Ratio of Added to Doubled Younger than Take away Out of Name: _____________________________ Translating Word Problems Yields Fewer than Product Tax Grew Shorter than Area Borrowed Increased by Quotient Proportion Fraction Name: _____________________________ Translating Word Problems Climbed Tripled Sum Will be Split More than Taller than Per Divided Rose Twice Less than Name: _____________________________ Translating Word Problems Totaled By Older than Dropped Lost Fell Percent Multiplied by Times Plus Less Are Name: _____________________________ Translating Word Problems Used Volume Cubed Squared Name: _____________________________ Translating Word Problems Name: _____________________________ Translating Word Problems Name: _____________________________ Translating Word Problems Name: _____________________________ Translating Word Problems Name: _____________________________ Translating Word Problems
