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Algebra practice question
A number divided by 3 is equal to 5. What is the number?
Answer: 15
n/3 = 5, so n = 15.
Common wrong answers
- If you answered 2
- 2 is 5 − 3.
- If you answered 8
- 8 is 5 + 3.
- If you answered 1.67
- 1.67 is 5 ÷ 3, dividing again.
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