Pearson Algebra 1 Common Core, 2011
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1. Variables and Expressions
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Exercise 19 Page 7

Try to break the expression down into terms.

Example Solution: The product of 12 and x.

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Our approach to representing the given algebraic expression verbally will be to break it down into terms and operations. In this expression, one term is being multiplied by another term. 12 * x To verbally express multiplication, we can use the phrase the product of ... and .... We are multiplying 12 by x, thus an arbitrary number x should be the second term in the verbal expression. 12 * x The product of 12 and a number x. Note that this is only one of many ways to write this expression.