answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

60

User Avatar

Viva Bashirian

Lvl 10
3y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

The number is -160.

.25x - 10 = -50

.25x - 10 + 10 = - 50 + 10

.25x = -40

x = -40/.25

x = -160

CHECK: .25(-160) - 10 ?=? -50 CORRECT!

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: One fourth of a number decreased by 10. is -50 Find the Number?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Twice a number decreased by 8 is equal to the number increased by 10. Find the number?

18


When half of a number is decreased by 24 the result is 95 find the number?

238


What is 1 fourth of 284?

The answer is 71. To find one fourth of a number, divide the number by 4, and there you will have it.


When the quotient of 3 and a number is decreased by 10 the result is 19 Find the number?

87


What does 35 decreased by a number is 15 mean?

35 - some number = 15 and usually you are required to find the number.


What is the next number 20 19 17 14 in this sequence?

The next number is the sequence is 10. To find the second number, 1 was subtracted from the first number To find the third number, 2 was subtracted from the second number To find the fourth number, 3 was subtracted from the third number Therefore to find the fifth number, 4 must be subtracted from the fourth number. 14 - 4 = 10


How do you find one fourth of a number?

Divide the number by four. (One fourth is the same as one quarter.) One fourth of 8 is 2. One fourth of 16 is 4. One fourth of 100 is 25.


What is a number decreased from 250 to 195 find the rate of decreased?

Anong iilalalagay ko plus o times


How do you calculate what percentage a number was decreased?

A percentage is a portion of 100. so to find the calculation of a decreased percentage, you subtract.


Twelve decreased by twice a number is -7 find the number?

12-2n= -72n = 19n = 9.5


One half a number is 12 more than 2 times the number what is the number?

Thirty decreased by three times a number is six less than three times the number. Find the number.


A number has been decreased by 12 the result is -5 find the original number?

17