Chapter 1.4, Problem 4OE

To determine

To write: A variable expression from the phrase “one fourth a number”.

Answer to Problem 4OE

The variable expression from the phrase “one fourth a number “is $\frac{x}{4}$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

The phrase is “one fourth a number” and choose $n$ as a variable.

The given phrase is “one fourth a number” and also given that choose $n$ as a variable.

The variable expression involves the variables and the mathematical operations where operation can be represented by the most commonly symbols $+,-,\times ,÷,\left(\right)$ .

The word “one fourth” corresponds to division mathematical operations whose symbol is $+$ .

First write the variable $n$ then write the mathematical operation whose symbol is $÷$ then insert the constant 4 to translate the phrase into mathematical expression.

  $\frac{x}{4}$

Therefore, the mathematical expression is $\frac{x}{4}$ .