Question

1. Write a word phrase for each algebraic expression.
4/n

2. You can write " twelve less than a number " as n - 12, but not as 12 - n. Explain why?

Answer 1

4/n means??

What does 12 - n mean?

Answer 2

4/n is the problem
12 - n means 12 minus n

Answer 3

But what does 4/n mean?
add?
subtract?
multiply?
divide?