Question

A number is divided by 4,and the qoutient is added to 3. The result is 24. What is the number?

Answer 1

Let the number be x.

If the number is divided by 4, we have:

$\frac{x}{4}$

The quotient is added to 3, this gives us:

$\frac{x}{4}+3$

The result is 24. This leads to the equation:

$\frac{x}{4}+3=24$

Next, we solve for the number x.

$\begin{gathered} \frac{x}{4}+3=24 \\ \text{Subtract 3 from both sides} \\ \frac{x}{4}+3-3=24-3 \\ \frac{x}{4}=21 \\ \text{Cross multiply} \\ x=21\times4 \\ x=84 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the number is 84.