Write the Equation
The sum of a number and 5 is 10.
x + 5 = 10
7x + 5 = 40
x = 5
Write and Solve:
a number decreased by seventeen is one hundred.
x - 17 = 82
x = 99
-2(x+12)=4
x=-14
9 more than the sum of a number and 3 is 35
(x+3) +9 = 35
13 less than a number is 60.
x - 13 = 60
15 (x - 6)= -45
x = 3
Write and Solve:
Fourteen less than twice a number is ten.
2x - 14 = 10
x = 12
-15 = -4m + 5
m = 5
The product of 4 and twice a number is 60.
4 * 2x = 60
Four times a number, decreased by two is seven
4x - 2 = 7
-12 + 4x = 24
x = 9
Write and Solve:
The product of eight and triple a number is thirty-five.
8 * 3x = 35
x = 9
1/2p-15=3/4p-3
p=-48
5 less than the quotient of a number and 3 is 15.
(x/3) - 5 = 15
DeAndre is ordering tickets to a concert. He buy s3 tickets that all have the same price. There is a service charge of $4.75 per ticket. The total cost of his order is $111.75. What is the price of each ticket?
$32.50
3 + x/4 = 13
x = 40
Write and Solve:
Four times a number, decreased by five is twenty-three.
4x - 5 = 23
x = 7
-9x - 13 = -103
x = 10
Raifq threw a baseball 84 miles per hour, which is 21 miles per hour less than twice the speed s that Jonah threw it.
84 = 2s - 21
Triple of the sum of a number and two is twenty.
3(x + 2) = 20
(x + 2)/4 = 10
x = 38
Four times the quantity of a number and two is forty-eight.
4(x + 2) = 48
x = 10
-2.2+0.3z=3-0.5z-0.8z
z=3.25
The quotient of six times a number and 3 is 17.
6x/3 = 17