Question

Elise says, “if you subtract 11 from my number and multiply the difference by -4, the result is -48” What is Elise’s number?

Answer 1

23

To start divide:

-48/-4 = 12

12 is the difference before the multiplication occurred

Elise says that she subtracted 11 from the number, thus add 11 to 12 to get the original number.

12+11 = 23