Assessment Card

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. It is an expression that is made up of one or more terms joined by + or - signs.

  a.  numerical expression                      c.  mathematical sentence

  b.  algebraic expression                       d.  verbal expression

2. Which is the mathematical translation of the phrase “two times a number n decreased by ten”?   

          a.  2(n – 10)         b.  10 – 2n          c.  2n – 10          d.  2(10 – n)

3. The phrase ‘a number n decreased by five’ is translated algebraically as   _____

  a.  n + 5   b.  n – 5      c.  5 – n              d.  5n

4. The verbal phrase of the algebraic expression 2x + 6 is

  a.  six is more than twice a number x           

  b.  two numbers increased by six

        c.  six more than twice a number x   

       d. twice the sum of a number x and 6

5. Which of the following is NOT the verbal phrase of the expression 6 + 2b?

      a. Twice a number b more than 6       

      b. c. The sum of 6 and twice the number b

      c. Six increased by twice the number b

      d. d. Twice the sum of 6 and the number b