Glencoe Math: Course 2, Volume 2
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Exercise 1 Page 432

What operation does more than represent?

Example Answer: p + 3

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We are asked to write an algebraic expression for the given verbal expression. The key phrase in the verbal expression is ... more ... than ... This indicates that we should add two things.

... + ... The two terms that we are adding together are 3 and runs the Pirates scored. Let p represent runs scored by the Pirates. Even though 3 comes first in the verbal expression, it can be on the right-hand side of the addition. p + 3 Note that this is only one of multiple ways to algebraically express the given verbal expression.