How can you translate words into equations?

The square pyramid has a volume of 441 cubic inches. what is the value of x? 1/7x is the height x is the base

Tom is the deli manager at a grocery store. he needs to schedule employee to staff the deli department for no more that 260 person-hours per week. tom has one part-time employee who works 20 person-hours per week. each full-time employee works 40 person-hours per week. write and inequality to determine n, the number of full-time employees tom may schedule, so that his employees work on more than 260 person-hours per week. graph the solution set to this inequality.

Suppose that sahil knows that 45 people with ages of 18 to 29 voted. without using a calculator, he quickly says then 135 people with ages of 30to 49 voted. is he correct? how might sohil have come up with his answer so quickly?