Year 8 maths · P.4 · Equation word problems
Word problems: find the number
Write an equation for the situation, then solve it.
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5 times a number, plus 14, is 39. What is the number?
Answer: 5
4 times a number, plus 4, is 28. What is the number?
Answer: 6
A number divided by 4 is 8. What is the number?
Answer: 32
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