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The document provides a series of exercises for translating English phrases into mathematical expressions and vice versa. It includes a list of specific phrases and their corresponding mathematical representations, as well as mathematical expressions to be translated back into English. The answers to these translations are also included.

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Pa Translations

The document provides a series of exercises for translating English phrases into mathematical expressions and vice versa. It includes a list of specific phrases and their corresponding mathematical representations, as well as mathematical expressions to be translated back into English. The answers to these translations are also included.

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TRANSLATING FROM ENGLISH PHRASES TO

MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS
AND VICE VERSA
I. Translate each of the following English phrases into a mathematical
expression
.
1. the sum of x and y
2. the product of x and y
3. the difference of x and y
4. the sum of x and the difference of y and z
5. the sum of x and the sum of y and z
6. the product of x and the sum of y and z
7. the product of x and the difference of y and z
8. the difference of the product of x and y and z
9. the product of the sum of x and y and the difference of x and y
10. the product of x and the sum of y and z
11. x more than y
12. x less than y

II. Translate each of the following mathematical expressions into an


English phrase using the words sum, difference, product and/or
quotient.

13. x(y + z)
14. xy + xz
15. z (x − y)
16. ( x + z) + (y − z)
17. x(y − z)
Answers:
1. x + y
2. xy
3. x – y
4. x + (y – z)
5. x + (y + z)
6. x(y + z)
7. x(y – z)
8. xy – z
9. (x + y)(x – y)
10. x(y + z)
11. y + x
12. y – x
13. the product of x and the sum of y and z
14. the sum of the product of x and y and the product of x and z
15. the product of z and the difference of x and y
16. the sum of the sum of x and z and the difference of y and z
17. the product of x and the difference of y and z

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