Question

Two times the difference of one-third of a number and thre

Answer 1

Choose a variable for the unknown number.
For example, let's choose x to represent the unknown number.

Answer 2

How do you write one-third of a number (when the number is x)?

Answer 3

\(\sf {Two ~times ~the ~difference ~of ~one-third ~of ~\color{red}{a ~number} ~and ~three.}\)
\(~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\color{red}{x}\)

Answer 4

\(\sf {Two ~times ~the ~difference ~of ~\color{green}{one-third ~of ~}\color{red}{a ~number} ~and ~three.}\)
\(~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\color{green}{\dfrac{1}{3}~~~~~ \times} ~~\color{red}{x}\)

Answer 5

\(\sf {Two ~times ~\color{brown}{the ~difference ~of} ~\color{green}{one-third ~of ~}\color{red}{a ~number} \color{brown}{~and ~three.}}\)
\(~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\color{green}{\dfrac{1}{3}~~~~~ \times} ~~\color{red}{x} ~~~~~~~~~~~~\color{brown}{- 3}\)

Answer 6

\(\sf {\color{blue}{Two ~times} ~\color{brown}{the ~difference ~of} ~\color{green}{one-third ~of ~}\color{red}{a ~number} \color{brown}{~and ~three.}}\)
\(~~~~~~\color{blue}{2 \times~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~( }~\color{green}{\dfrac{1}{3}~~~~~ \times} ~~\color{red}{x} ~~~~~~~~~~~~\color{brown}{- 3} \color{blue}{)} \)

\(2\left( \dfrac{1}{3}x - 3 \right)\)