Anumber is multiplied by 16, and that product is added to 8. the sum is equal to the product of 4 and 10. find the number.

Your sum is 4 times 10, or 40. We want to end up with 40. Subtract 8 because you added 8 before to work backwards. You get 32. Divide by 16 because the opposite of multiplication is division. You would get 2.

exa:

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3+11

14

step-by-step explanation:

from this example, we can see that subtracting with integers is the same as adding the opposite. we can solve using a number line or by using the saying "keep, change, change" to us solve. it is important to remember that we can subtract a negative and end up with a larger number than we started with.