Help with mathematical phrase

Question

three times the difference of a number and 4 is 6 more than the number

Answer 1

Let's take this piece by piece. If we let n = the number, the difference of it and 4 is n - 4, right?

 

Three times that is 3(n - 4), because it says 3 times the difference, so it's times the entire thing.

 

Is means equal, and 6 more than a number is n + 6, of course.

 

3(n - 4) = n + 6