1.   What is always the final answer to this Think of a Number trick.Think of a number.Add 6.Multiply by 5.Subtract 5 times the number you started with.
    A. 25 B. 20
    C. the same number you started with D. 30
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  2.   Rewrite the expression: 7 · (2n – 4)
    A. 7 · n – 28 B. 2 middot; n – 28
    C. 14 · n – 28 D. 14 · n – 4
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  3.   If n is some odd number, how would you write the next three consecutive odd numbers?
    A. n + 2, n + 4, n + 6 B. n + 1, n + 3, n + 5
    C. n + 1, n + 2, n + 3 D. n – 1, n, n + 1
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  4.   Find the sum of three consecutive numbers: n, the number that comes right before n, and the number that is 2 before n.
    A. 3(n – 1) B. 3n + 1
    C. 3n + 3 D. 3n
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  5.   Find a rule involving the sum of three consecutive odd numbers.
    A. the sum of three consecutive odd numbers equals two times the sum of the middle and third number
    B. the sum of three consecutive odd numbers equals two times the middle number
    C. the sum of three consecutive odd numbers equals three times the middle number
    D. the sum of three consecutive odd numbers equals three times the first number
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