document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1123048>Question 1123048</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the corresponding algebraic expression or equation for the verbal statement.  Let x represent the unknown number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 less than four times the sum of a number and 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"1 less than...\":  you are subtracting 1 from something else.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(???) - 1<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "***NOTE***  Beginning algebra students often want to try to translate each word or phrase into a mathematical symbol without paying attention to the meaning of the words.  They end up translating \"1 less than...\" as \"1 - ???\" because the \"less than\" (the minus sign) comes after the \"1\".  But clearly the meaning is that the 1 is what is being subtracted.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"1 less than four times...\":  you are subtracting the 1 from 4 times something else.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "4*(???) - 1<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"1 less than four times the sum of...\":  you are subtracting the 1 from 4 times the sum of two (or more) things.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "4*(???+???) - 1<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"1 less than four times the sum of a number and 2\":  the sum in the expression is the sum of the unknown number (x) and 2.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "4*(x+2) - 1<br><BR>\n" );
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