1. What number increased by 25 equals 40?
2. A number divided by 5 equals 17. Find the number.
3. Ten less than a number is 42. Find the number.
4. When 12 is subtracted from 3 times a number, the result is 24. Find the number.
5. The larger of two numbers is 12 more than twice the smaller. The larger number is 36. What is the smaller number?
Answer (2)
x+25=40 x=40-25 x=15
x:5=17 x=5*17=85
x-10=42 x=52 4) 3x-12=24 3x=24+12
3x=36 x=12 5)
2x+12=36
2x=36-12
2x=24
x=12
The answers to the questions are as follows: 1) 15, 2) 85, 3) 52, 4) 12, and 5) 12.
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