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Grade 6 math, Common Core 6.EE.A.2a
Write an expression for each phrase.
Grade 6 math. Each answer has a few worked steps, to help check the method as well as the answer.
1. 12n
2. 12w
3. 9(n + 2)
4. t − 9
5. x² + 6
6. 4p + 2
7. x − 4
8. n − 5
9. 3(x + 6)
10. y − 3
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An expression uses numbers, variables and operations to describe an amount, like n + 5 for “5 more than a number”. Key words tell you the operation: sum and more than mean add, difference and less than mean subtract, product and times mean multiply, quotient means divide.
Answer: k5
Answer: 7w − 6
Answer: 9n
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