(i) Critical Thinking Write two different algebraic expressions for the word phrase “
of the sum of x and 7.”
(ii) What’s the Error? A student wrote an algebraic expression for “5 less than a number n divided by 3” as
What error did the student make?
(iii) Write About it Shashi used addition to solve a word problem about the weekly cost of commuting by toll tax for ₹ 15 each day. Ravi solved the same problem by multiplying. They both got the correct answer. How is this possible?
(i) ‘of is used for multiplication’
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(ii) the resultant of difference is divided by n.
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(iii) Multiplication is just repetitive addition.
either we add it many times or just multiply it ones.
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