Question

How do you write an algebraic expression for the word phrase: 22 minus k?

Answer 1

Hint: To convert verbal expression into an algebraic expression, we have to break the given verbal expression into different parts. After this, we can write the algebraic expression for each of the parts. After writing algebraic forms for all the parts, we can combine these algebraic expressions to get the algebraic expression for the given verbal expression.

Complete answer:
We are given the verbal expression, 22 minus k. to write this as an algebraic expression we have to break it into parts. So, let’s break the given expression into parts.
The first part of the expression will be, ‘22 minus ‘. This part represents that a particular value/ expression is being subtracted from the number 22. The value/ expression being subtracted are the terms after the word minus. The algebraic expression for this can be represented as \[22-\left( {} \right)\], where \[\left( {} \right)\] represents the terms that are being subtracted
The second part of the expression will be ‘k’. This part expresses the existence of a particular value that is represented by the variable \[k\]. So the algebraic expression for this can be written as \[k\]. We can break the given verbal expression into two parts only. So, by combining the algebraic forms of the parts we get,
\[\Rightarrow 22-k\]
Hence the algebraic expression for the given phrase is \[22-k\].

Note: One should also know how to write verbal expressions for a given algebraic expression. This is done similarly, we break the given algebraic expression into parts, and then write a verbal expression for each of the parts.