Question

three times a number plus 4 is that number times 2

Answer 1

let "a/that number" be x

"three times a number plus four"

3*x+4=3x+4

"that number times two"

2x

"is" is much like equals or evaluates to

\[3x+4=2x\]

Answer 2

a number added to 2 is 4 less than the number?