Question

I need help with this worksheet I am working on. One answer builds on the other so if one answer is wrong then the others will be. This is about writing and solving one -step equations

1. 2 less than a number is 10.
2. The product of 3 times a number equals the answer to problem 1.
3. The sum of 10 and a number equals the answer of problem 2
4. A number subtracted from negative 5 equals the answer in problem 3
5. The sum of a number and the opposite of 2 equals the answer in problem 4
6. -12 is equal to a number subtracted from the answer in problem 5
7. The sum of a number and -9 is

Answer 1

7. The sum of a number and -9 is equal to the answer in problem 6
8. -3 times a number equals the answer to problem 7
9. A number divided by -6 equals the answer to problem 8
10. 96 is the same as the answer to problem 9 multiplied by a number

Answer 2

11. If the answer to problem 1o is decreased by this number, the result is -39
12. The quotient of the answer to problem 11 and an number equals 1
13. To determine your score for this activity, double your answer to problem 12, add 4^2, and add 2

Answer 3

@mike19 Please post your answers so that we may check. Thanks.

Answer 4

I know for number 1 that 2 less than 12 is 10

Answer 5

> know for number 1 that 2 less than 12 is 10
(restatement of the problem; not an equation)
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Let x be the number.
x - 2 = 10
x = 12

Answer 6

i seem to get stuck after number 1