4 times the sum of 2 and a number “n”

Answer 1

To translate this into an equation take it one piece at a time.

4 times → 4×

4 times what?

the sum of 2 and a number 'n' → 2+n ( because sum means addition)

Now it's 4 times all of 2+n, so we need some parenthesis, or else the meaning of the equation is changed. This gives us:

4×(2+n)

or you can also write it without the times symbol, it means the same thing:

4(2+n)

If you need to solve this further, distribute the 4 into the parenthesis:

4 × 2 + 4 × n

or

8 + 4n

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