Thirty two is the sum of a number and fifty one. What is the number?
2 Answers
The number is
Explanation:
Let's call the unknown number
To solve for
To check this, we go back to what we know: the sum is the result of addition, and if we add
The number is
Explanation:
Translate the sentence from English to math. For example, "is" means equals and "sum" means adding together numbers.
Now, write down the equation and solve for
That's the number!