Question

Write the following using literal, numbers and signs of basic operations.

$4$ times $a$ taken away from half of $b$

Answer 1

Here given that

$4$ times $a$ taken away from half of $b$

here half of $b$ is $\frac{1}{2}b$ and

$4$ times $a$ is $4a$ then according to the question.

$\frac{1}{2}b-4a$

Hence, $4$ times $a$ taken away from half of $b$ is written as $\frac{1}{2}b-4a$.