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Level 3-4 Algebra - Getting Started

Ben has x oranges and Jay has three more oranges than Ben. How would we write the number of oranges that Jay has? It would be x + 3. (Picture courtesy of Christine at Flickr)

Level 3-4 Algebra - Getting Started

Algebra often substitutes letters for numbers. Where we could put a number we put a letter instead. Most advanced maths relies on algebra so think of this quiz as a springboard into other exciting things! Try your hand at Getting Started in Algebra.

Which of these options do you prefer?

  1. Which of these is a single 'term'?

  2. Which of these is an 'expression'?

  3. Which of these is not an 'equation'?

  4. What is the meaning of 4x

  5. One of the following would never be written - which one?

  6. Peter has x oranges and Joe has three more oranges than Peter. How would we write the number of oranges that Joe has?

  7. Jane has y sweets and Lisa has two sweets less than Jane. How would we write the number of sweets that Lisa has?

  8. There are n boys in a football team. How would we write the number of boys in four football teams?

  9. Sam has x guinea pigs, Paul has y guinea pigs and Joseph has z guinea pigs. We know that Sam and Paul together have the same number of guinea pigs as Joseph. How would we write this?

  10. Thomas has x marbles and Richard has only one third as many. How would we write the number of marbles that Richard has?

Quiz written by Colin King

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