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The word is
divides the sentence into what should be on the left-hand side and what should be on the right-hand side of the equation.
7s=84
We have been given a sentence and we need to translate it into an equation.
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7 times a number s is 84 |
is,
is equal to,and
equalstell us about the placement of the equals sign.
7times a numbers is84 ⇕ 7times a numbers = 84
On the left-hand side we have one key word: times. This word tell us the operation that will be used in our equation.Times
indicates multiplication.
7 times a numbers
7 * s
Now we can write the equation.
7 * s = 84