Word problems

If we entertain the thought that math is a language, then there must be a way to translate word problems into the mathematical language.

Arithmetics

$\cdot$ is multiplication.

math	words
$=$	is; are; is equal to; same as; has; have;
$k \cdot$	$k$ times (as); $k$ -fold; scale by;
$2 \cdot$	twice (as);
$3 \cdot$	three times (as);
$k +$	$k$ more than
$-k +$	$k$ less than

Example: Five times a number is three less than twice the same number.

5x = -3 + 2x

For integer $n$ :