1.   Write an equation for the situation six less than three times a number is 15.
    A. 3a = 15 - 6 B. 3a - 6 = 15
    C. 3 - 6 = 15a D. 6a -3 = 15
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  2.   The sum of twice a number and 8 is 33. Write an equation and then solve for the number.
    A. 2t = 33; 16.5
    B. 2t + 33 = 8; -12.5
    C. 2t + 8 = 33; 12.5
    D. 2(8) + t = 33; 17
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  3.   Three more than the product of 6 and a number is 51. Write an equation and find the number.
    A. 3 + 6n = 51; 15
    B. 6 + n + 3 = 51; 42
    C. 3n(6) = 51;
    D. 6n + 3 = 51; 8
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  4.   Translate the following into an equation: negative six times a number decreased by two is negative twenty-six.
    A. -6n + 2 = -26 B. -2 – (-6n) = -26
    C. -6n = -26 – 2 D. -6n – 2 = -26
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  5.   Translate the following into an equation: negative seven increased by the quotient of a number and 17 is zero.
    A. -7 + 17n = 0 B.
    C. D.
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