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Algebra often substitutes letters for numbers.  Where we could put a number we put a letter instead. 

Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Math - Middle School - Algebra - Getting Started
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1. One of the following would never be written - which one?
2. What is the meaning of 4x
3. Which of these is an 'expression'?
4. Jane has y candies and Lisa has two candies less than Jane. How would we write the number of candies that Lisa has?
5. There are n boys in a football team. How would we write the number of boys in four football teams?
6. 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?
7. Which of these is a single 'term'?
8. Which of these is not an 'equation'?
9. Thomas has x marbles and Richard has only one third as many. How would we write the number of marbles that Richard has?
10. Peter has x oranges and Joe has three more oranges than Peter. How would we write the number of oranges that Joe has?

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