2b Simple Word Problems

To learn how to translate the English part of a word problem into a mathematic equation go to
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/translat.htm

Examples:
1) If Danny is 42 and Mark is 6 years younger than half Danny's age, how old is Mark?
x=Mark's age
x-6=42/2
x-6=21
+6 +6
x=27
Mark is 27 years old

2) Three consecutive even integers give a sum of 48. What are the three integers?
x=1st integer
x+2=2nd integer
x+4=3rd integer
x+x+2+x+4=48
3x+6=48
-6 -6

x=14
x+2/14+2=16
x+4/14+4=18
14+16+18=30+18=48