Example Solution: The quotient of a number y and 5
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Our approach to representing the given algebraic expression verbally will be to break it down into terms and operations.
We can change from the fraction notation to the one using the sign ÷.
y/5= y ÷ 5
In this expression, one term is being divided by the second term. To verbally express division, we can use the phrase "quotient of ... and ...". We divide y by 5, thus an arbitrary number y should be the first term in the verbal expression.
& y ÷ 5
&the quotient ofa number yand 5
Note that this is only one of many ways to write this expression.
