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Word problems: a number times something, minus a number

Year 8 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Write an equation for the situation, then solve it.

2 times a number, minus 6, is 28. What is the number?
2 times a number, minus 5, is 21. What is the number?
2 times a number, minus 8, is 32. What is the number?
3 times a number, minus 9, is 57. What is the number?
5 times a number, minus 18, is 122. What is the number?
7 times a number, minus 2, is 75. What is the number?
6 times a number, minus 26, is 46. What is the number?
7 times a number, minus 14, is 63. What is the number?
5 times a number, minus 4, is 126. What is the number?
5 times a number, minus 33, is 232. What is the number?
5 times a number, minus 19, is 41. What is the number?
5 times a number, minus 9, is 51. What is the number?
13 times a number, minus 5, is 60. What is the number?
6 times a number, minus 19, is 143. What is the number?
14 times a number, minus 45, is 795. What is the number?
15 times a number, minus 16, is 629. What is the number?
12 times a number, minus 19, is 485. What is the number?
11 times a number, minus 22, is 1012. What is the number?
2 times a number, minus 27, is 1. What is the number?
5 times a number, minus 4, is 261. What is the number?

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Answer key: Word problems: a number times something, minus a number

17
13
20
22
28
11
12
11
26
53
12
12
5
27
60
43
42
94
14
53