Algebra+Word+Meanings

There are some words that can only describe an algebraic equation. It is like this because algebra equations have a different meaning to them. Those are called 'Key Words'. Here are some of those words:


 * "and" often means "plus"
 * "difference" often means "larger-smaller"
 * "five more than" means "+5"
 * "next year" means "(this year)+1"
 * "twice" means "times 2"
 * "any number" or "a number" is the variable
 * ages are normally in whole numbers
 * "increased" means "plus" also
 * "decreased" is also "take away" or "minus"
 * "sum" is the number that the numbers is an addition question equals
 * "quotient" is the number that the number in a division question equal
 * "product" is the number that the number in a multiplication question equal

In the 4th one, when it says 'this year' in brackets, that is the variable. So, it would like X + 1. Here is an example of an equation turned into words:

3x + 6 This would be 3 times a number an 6. or 3x(2 + 5) This would mean, the sum of 2 and 5 times 3 times a number

There are other words that can describe the symbols. But I just have to learn more about them. If you want to see the other meanings look back on our parent quiz page.