Question

Another word problem. Please 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?

Answer 1

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!