Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
To answer this problem, work backwards!
The question said that 7 is subtracted from a number 4 times. The opposite of this is to add 7 four times.
7 + 7 + 7 + 7 = 28
The problem also says that the result is 3. That means that after subtracting 7 four times, the remainder is 3. Let's add that remainder to our sum (or the answer to an addition problem.)
28 + 3 = 31
Therefore, the number is 31.
Check your work:
Let's subtract 7 from 31 four times.
31 - 7 = 24
24 - 7 = 17
17 - 7 = 10
10 - 7 = 3
After we subtracted 7 four times, the result was 3. That means our answer is correct!
