Question

61 is the difference between Carlos's age and 23. How do you write this as an equation?

Answer 1

`a` represents Carlos's age
`a-23=61`

Explanation:

"61 is" signifies that one part of the equation must be `61=`. The difference between two numbers is the first number (in this case, Carlos's age) subtracted by the second number (23). Thus, `61=a-23`.