Step-by-step explanation: Remember that "times" mean multiply.
So reading the problem from left to right, we have n times 5,
that's n multiplied by 5 or 5n, is means equals, 24.
So we have 5n = 24.
We want to solve our equation for n so we want to get
n by itself on the left side of the equation.
Since n is being multiplied by 5, we need to divide both sides
of the equation by 5 and we have n = 24/5.
Don't be nervous to check your answer back in
the original equation even if it is a fraction.