Question

One number is 2 more than another. The difference between their squares is 24. What are the numbers?

Answer 1

say the numbers they are talking about is x and y.
x is 2 more than y <--translate this into math symbols

Answer 2

so two equtions?
x+y=24
2x+2y=24

Answer 3

well you need to translate the following two sentences into mathematical equaitons:
"x is 2 more than y"
"the difference between the square of x and the square of y is 24.

Answer 4

x is 2 more than y
is means equals
more than means +

Answer 5

x=2+y