1.   Write an algebraic expression for b to the second divided by c to the fourth.
    A. B. b2 + c4
    C. b2c4 D.
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  2.   Write an algebraic expression for one-half of a number x subtracted from fifty.
    A. 50 - 2x B.
    C. D. 2x - 50
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  3.   Write a verbal expression for 2x + y2.
    A. The sum of x and y squared.
    B. The sum of 2 times x and y.
    C. The sum of 2 times x and y squared.
    D. The difference of 2 times xand y squared.
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  4.   Translate the phrase one-fourth less than a number times 4 into a variable expression.
    A. - 4b B. - 4
    C. - a D. 4a -
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  5.   Translate the phrase the sum of negative four times a number and eighteen into a variable expression.
    A. -4y + 18 B. -4(y + 18)
    C. -4 + 18y D. -14(y + 18)
    Hint



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