Question

4 times a number is 6 more than the number. what is the number?

Answer 1

4x=6+x
4x-x=6
3x=6
x=6/3
x=2

Answer 2

The number is 2

Answer 3

You can translate word problems by carefully looking at the words.
\[4 \rightarrow 4\]\[times \rightarrow \times\]\[a \space number \rightarrow x\]\[is \rightarrow =\]\[\text{6 more than} \rightarrow + 6\]\[the \space number \rightarrow x\]Putting it all together: \(4 \times x = 6 + x\) which is the same as \(4x = x + 6\)which @monokerous has up there.