Question

Translate the following sentences to equation. Use n to represent the unknown.

1. Five less a number is fifteen.
2. Four times the sum of 8 and a number is eighty-eight.
3. Four times a number increase by eight is twenty.
4. Six times a number is added to nineteen, the result is seventy-nine.
5. The sum of two consecutive integers is 29.​

Answer 1

1. n-5=15

2. 4(n+8)=88

3. 4n+8=20

4. 6n=19=79

5. x+x+1=29