RIDDLES
I am a number. Add 10 to me and you get 18. What am I?
8
Half of me is 12. What is the number?
24
Add 15 to me and I am 33. Write and solve for x.
x = 18
If you square me and subtract 25, the result is 0. What is x?
x = 5 or -5
Subtract 6 from me and the answer is 9. What am I?
15
Three-fourths of a number decreased by 9 is equal to one-half of the number. What is the number?
36
A number decreased by 8 is 14. Express as an equation and solve.
x = 22
A number squared minus twice the number equals 24. Find x.
x = 6 or -4
Multiply me by 4 and I become 32. What am I?
A number divided by 3, increased by 15, equals twice the original number minus 20. Find the number.
21
Two times a number increased by 5 is 21. Solve for x.
x = 8
Three times a number increased by 14 is equal to 5 times the number minus 8. Find x.
x = 11
If you divide me by 5, the result is 7. What am I?
35
Half of a number added to two-thirds of the same number equals 14. Find the number.
12
Three times a number decreased by 2 is equal to 19. Find x.
x = 7
Six times the sum of a number and 3 is 4 times the same number plus 34. Solve for x.
x = 8
Three consecutive integers add up to 48. What is the smallest number?
15
Adding two-fifths of a number to one-third of the same number equals 22. Find the number.
30
Five times the difference of a number and 4 is equal to 35. Solve for x.
x = 11
Two times the sum of a number and 7 is equal to 3 times the number decreased by 5. Find x.
x = 19