6th grade math problem

Question

26 less than 6 times a number is 10. What is the number?

Answer 1

10 + 26 = 36.

36 ÷ 6 = 6

Our number(x) is 6.

Answer 2

6 times a number is 6x. 26 less than that is 6x - 26. "Is" is =.

6x - 26 = 10

We need x all by itself. First, we add 26, the opposite of subtracting it, because subtracting 26 and adding it just leaves 0. We do it to both sides.

6x - 26 + 26 = 10 + 26

6x = 36

Now, we divide by the coefficient, the opposite of multiplying 6 by x, because 6/6 = 1, but we don't write 1x.

6x/6 = 36/6

x = 6

Let's check.

6(6) - 26 = 10

36 - 26 = 10

10 = 10

0 = 0

Boom.

Answer 3

6x-26=10

6x=36

x=6