1.   Write an algebraic expression for b to the second divided by c to the fourth.
    A. b2c4 B.
    C. D. b2 + c4
    Hint

  2.   Write an algebraic expression for one-half of a number x subtracted from fifty.
    A. 50 - 2x B.
    C. D. 2x - 50
    Hint

  3.   Translate the phrase the sum of five and two times a number into a variable expression.
    A. 5n + 2 B. 5(2 + n)
    C. 2(n + 5) D. 5 + 2n
    Hint

  4.   Translate the phrase one-fourth less than a number times 4 into a variable expression.
    A. 4a - B. - 4b
    C. - a D. - 4
    Hint

  5.   Translate the phrase the sum of negative four times a number and eighteen into a variable expression.
    A. -4 + 18y B. -4y + 18
    C. -4(y + 18) D. -14(y + 18)
    Hint



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