You must focus on the key words when translating sentences to mathematical expression. These key words imply certain operations. Here is a list of just a few key words and their operations they imply. Remember!...the order you translate the sentence is not necessarily the order the sentence is written!
| Addition | Subtraction |
| plus sum more than increased by total |
minus difference less than less decreased by |
| Multiplication | Division |
| times product multiplied of twice |
divided quotient |