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Word problems: find the number

Year 8 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Write an equation for the situation, then solve it.

A number divided by 5 is 2. What is the number?
A number divided by 2 is 9. What is the number?
A number divided by 3 is 12. What is the number?
2 times a number, plus 9, is 21. What is the number?
4 times a number, plus 23, is 79. What is the number?
A number divided by 9 is 8. What is the number?
7 times a number, plus 7, is 91. What is the number?
A number divided by 5 is 11. What is the number?
A number divided by 9 is 34. What is the number?
A number divided by 6 is 29. What is the number?
A number divided by 10 is 19. What is the number?
8 times a number, plus 27, is 187. What is the number?
A number divided by 6 is 16. What is the number?
7 times a number, plus 35, is 105. What is the number?
A number divided by 12 is 23. What is the number?
A number divided by 7 is 40. What is the number?
A number divided by 19 is 26. What is the number?
5 times a number, plus 35, is 105. What is the number?
A number divided by 17 is 36. What is the number?
19 times a number, plus 50, is 88. What is the number?

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Answer key: Word problems: find the number

10
18
36
6
14
72
12
55
306
174
190
20
96
10
276
280
494
14
612
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