Question

Four times the number of coins in my pocket plus five more is twenty-nine. Write an equation for the number of coins in my pocket.

Answer 1

There are six coins already in pocket, but let’s say we don’t know it.

We would figure it out by reversing the problem. Let’s start with twenty-nine. We would subtract 5, because we are reversing. Now we have 24. Now, let’s divide by four. We would get 6.

A simpler answer would be 29 - 5 [divided by] 4 = [answer]