standard_description: Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
problem_activity: For each verbal expression below, write an algebraic expression.
a.   Four times the difference of 8 and
$$x$$
.
b.   Twice
$$m$$
increased by the square of
$$n$$
.
c.   The sum of 10 and the quotient of
$$x$$
and 4.
d.   The product of the square of
$$n$$
and
$$m$$
, subtracted from 5.


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