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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)

Story problems are filled with words We must translate those words into algebraic

expressions using Numbers Variables Mathematical operation signs

Check out the chart of words on page 78

We must find those Key words and be able recognize what mathematical operation it describes.

Try it Four less than a number k

Two more than half of a number f

6 times 4 less than a number p Parenthesis are the hard part

Another way to say it: 6 times the quantity of 4 less than a number t

4k

22

f

46 p

Write a phrase for the expression 10 decreased by g

10 - g The difference between the product of 2 and a

number b and 9 and the number h 2b – 9h

Start with the subtraction sign then fill in the product

Pg 80

6-11, 14, 19-22, 25, 26