Exercise 25 Page 22

The first key phrase is "more than" This indicates that we should add two things. ... + ... The two terms that are involved in the addition are: "5" and "the quotient of ... and ...". This is the second key phrase that we should divide two things before we add "5". .../... + 5 Things that we are dividing are: "a number" and "4". a number/4+5 The phrase "a number" is indicating an arbitrary number or a variable. If we call this number x, we can complete our expression. Five more than the quotient of a numberand 4 x/4 + 5 Note that this is only one of multiple ways to algebraically express the given verbal expression.