Another word problem. show how you get the answer. a particular number was divided by 5 and then 12 was taken from that quotient. finally, this difference was multiplied by 5. given the product was -55, what was the number?

The number would be 5. 5 divided by 5 equals 1. Then 1-12 would be -11 and then you do -11 times 5 which gives you -55!

The skating rink rented 872 pairs of skates during april and may.why? : if the skating rink rented three times the pair of skates in april during may, they rented 654 skates. 218 x 3 = 654then, if they want to know how many they rented during both april and may, then you just add 654 (may) and 218 (april) to give you 872 pairs of skates for both months.654 + 218 = 872hope this !