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                Read the problem below. Use the work backward strategy to find the answer.
Wilma and Betty are playing a number game.
Wilma tells Betty, "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10. If I take the number and add 4 to it and then multiply that by 3, I get 30."
What number is Wilma thinking of?
Read the problem below. Use the work backward strategy to find the answer.
Wilma and Betty are playing a number game.
Wilma tells Betty, "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10. If I take the number and add 4 to it and then multiply that by 3, I get 30."
What number is Wilma thinking of?
37
94
6
9
            
        Wilma and Betty are playing a number game.
Wilma tells Betty, "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10. If I take the number and add 4 to it and then multiply that by 3, I get 30."
What number is Wilma thinking of?
Read the problem below. Use the work backward strategy to find the answer.
Wilma and Betty are playing a number game.
Wilma tells Betty, "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10. If I take the number and add 4 to it and then multiply that by 3, I get 30."
What number is Wilma thinking of?
37
94
6
9
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            GPT-4o mini
            
    To determine the number that Wilma is thinking of, let's work backwards from the final result provided in the problem.
Wilma says that if she adds 4 to her number and then multiplies by 3, she gets 30.
1. Start with the result:
The equation to look at is \( (x + 4) \times 3 = 30 \).
2. Divide both sides by 3 to isolate the term with \( x \):
\[
x + 4 = \frac{30}{3}
\]
\[
x + 4 = 10
\]
3. Subtract 4 from both sides to solve for \( x \):
\[
x = 10 - 4
\]
\[
x = 6
\]
Thus, the number Wilma is thinking of is **6**.
    
Wilma says that if she adds 4 to her number and then multiplies by 3, she gets 30.
1. Start with the result:
The equation to look at is \( (x + 4) \times 3 = 30 \).
2. Divide both sides by 3 to isolate the term with \( x \):
\[
x + 4 = \frac{30}{3}
\]
\[
x + 4 = 10
\]
3. Subtract 4 from both sides to solve for \( x \):
\[
x = 10 - 4
\]
\[
x = 6
\]
Thus, the number Wilma is thinking of is **6**.
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