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the sum of 2 and a number x
2 + x
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five more than a number k is 12
k + 5 =12 k = 7
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the difference of a number and 22
x - 22
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the number of seconds in m minutes
60m
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Write an equation if D is the number of dance songs and R is the number of rap songs Destiny has on her music player. The difference between the number of dance songs and rap songs is 12 songs.
D - R = 12
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7 more than a number
n + 7
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the product of a number and 6 is 30
6x = 30 x = 5
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5 less than three times a number
3x - 5
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the number of months in y years
12y
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Write an equation for the width W and the length L. The width is one less than five times the length.
W = 5L - 1
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the difference of a number and 6
n - 6
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the difference of a number w and 11 equals 35
w - 11 = 35 w = 46
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5 more than twice a number
5 + 2x
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the number of tokens needed to play v video games if each game takes 4 tokens
4v
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Write an equation if the cost of an adult movie ticket is A and a child's ticket is C. Half of the difference between the cost of an adult movie ticket and a children's ticket is $3.
1/2 (A - C) = 3
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the quotient of a number and 5
n / 5
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the quotient of 12 and a number equals 3
12/x = 3 x = 4
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the quotient of twice a number and 12
2x / 12
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number of days left in a week if d days have passed so far
7-d
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Write an equation describing the number of aliens A and the number of monsters M. On level 2 of Paul's video game the number of aliens were twenty less than twice the number of monsters.
A = 2M - 20
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18 less than a number
n - 18
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three more than twice a number equals 15
2x + 3 = 15 2x = 12 x = 6
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the difference of 22 and the square of a number
22 - m^2
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each person's share if p people share 16 slices of pizza equally
16/p
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Write an equation if J is the amount juniors raised for prom and S is the number seniors raised for prom. Three times the sum of the money raised by juniors and seniors for prom was $2500.
3(J + S) = 2500