1.13TransAlgEqu2 Write each sentence as an equation. Use x to represent “a number.”
1.
A number subtracted from negative seven is negative fourteen .
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2.
Forty times a number yields three hundred twenty.
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3.
A number subtracted from seven equals three.
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4.
The quotient of a number and seventeen is four.
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5.
Fourteen subtracted from a number is eight.
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6.
Twice the sum of a number and nine gives ninety-eight.
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7. Two added to half a number gives negative fourteen.
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8.
Six times the difference of a number and four is equal to negative forty-five.
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9.
Twice the sum of a number and negative twelve is negative eighteen.
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10. The quotient of four and the sum of three and a number is negative thirty.
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Answers 1. -7 – x = -14
2. 40x = 320
3. 7 – x = 3
4. x/17 = 4
5. x – 14 = 8
6. 2(x+9) = 98
7. x/2 + 2 = -14
8. 6(x – 4) = -45
9. 2 [x +(-12)] = -18
10. 4/(3+x) = -30