Translating English Terms Into Algebraic Operations Flashcards
Accumulate
+
Accumulate
+
Add, add up, added to, addition,
additional
+
Alike
=
Also
+
Altogether
+
Amounts to
=
Amplify, amplified by
×
And
+
Appreciate
+
Are (equal)
=
Area
×
Balances
=
Bigger (than)
+
Coincides (with)
=
Combine(d)
+
Corresponds (to)
=
Cut (by)
−
Cut by a factor of
÷
Decline, declined by
−
Decline(d) by a factor of
÷
Decrease(d) by, decrement
−
Decrease(d) by a factor of
÷
Deduct, deducted from
−
Depreciate
−
Difference (of)
−
Diminished (by)
−
Diminished by a factor of
÷
Divide, divided by, divided into
÷
Double(d)
×
Dropped by
−
Dropped by a factor of
÷
Dwindle
−
Equal, equals
=
Equivalent (to)
=
Exceeds
>
Exceeds by
+
Factors
×
Fall
−
Farther
+
Fewer than
−
Find the total
+
Fraction
÷
Fraction of
×
Gain
× or +
Gives (a result of), giving
=
Go (went) up
+
Go (went) up by a factor of
×
Greater (than)
+
Grew by, grow by
+
Halved
÷
Identical to
=
In addition (to)
+
In all
+
In excess
+
Increased (by), increment
+
Increase(d) by a factor of
×
Intensified by
×
Interest on
×
Is (equal)
=
Is greater (than)
>
Is less (than)
Less (than)
−
Larger (than)
+
Lengthen (by), longer (than)
+
Lower, lowered by
−
Matches
=
Magnified by
×
Minus
−
More (than)
+
Multiple, multiply, multiplied by
×
Narrower (than)
−
Net
+
Of [usually in connection with fractions]
×
Older (than)
+
On top of
+
Per
÷
Percent (of)
×
Perimeter
+
Plus
+
Product (of)
×
Quadruple(d)
×
Quarter
÷
Quantity
(…)
Quotient (of)
÷
Raise, raised by, rise
+
Ratio (of)
÷
Reciprocal (of)
÷
Reduce, reduce(d) by
−
Reduce(d) by a factor of
÷