Question

Six times the sum of a number and twelve is forty.

Which equation represents this?


6N + 12N = 40
6N + 12 = 40
6(N + 12) = 40

Answer 1

The last one
6(N+12)= 40

Answer 2

Depends if number twelve is multiplied by six as well. In other words, it depends if the text means:
six times the sum of (a number and twelve) or six times the sum of a number and than plus 12 equal 40.

In first case answer is:
6(N + 12) = 40 and in second
in second:
6N + 12 = 40