SOLUTION: I think of a number. I subtract 12, halve it, and add 33 and divide it by 9. My answer is 6. What was my number?

Question 698786: I think of a number. I subtract 12, halve it, and add 33 and divide it by 9. My answer is 6. What was my number?
Answer by Simnepi(216) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
to solve this type of problem go backwards through the statement and do the opposite of what it says!
So we start with six and instead of dividing by 9 we multiply by 9. This gives
6 X 9 = 54
next we subtract 33 instead of adding 33
54 - 33 = 21
Next we double instead of halving
21 X 2 = 42
Finally we add 12 instead of taking 12
42 + 12 = 54
The number you started with was 54!
(Just to check, try running through the statement using 54 as the number first thought of and see if you end up with 6.
Here goes...
54 - 12 = 42
= 21
21 + 33 = 54
= 6
yay! the check works so our answer is correct)
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