Question

Equation for this word problem:

“sadie is five years less than three times connor’s age. Connor is 15. How old is sadie?”

Answer 1

Connor is 15, so we multiply Connor's age by 3, because that's how old Sadie is, but -5.

So our answer comes out to 40.

Sadie is 40 years old.

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