Question

Eight times a number equals 24 more than two times the number? What is the number?

Answer 1

`4`

Explanation:

I'll use `n` to represent the unknown number.

`8n=24+2n rarr` times means multiplication (8 times a number `n` means `8*n` or `8n`, the same thing goes for 2 times the number), 24 more than `2n` indicates that `2n` is being increased by 24 (`24+2n`)

`6n=24`

`n=4`