Defining Variables - Problem 1   Writing an algebraic equation
in words can help you better understand what the equation is
asking you to find. In the equation m/4 = 5, instead of writing
it out as "m over 4 equals 5", a more meaningful way to write it
out is "some number 'm' divided by 4 is 5". Since "m" is the
variable, the value is yet unknown, so it is "some number" that
needs to be solved.   When you're first getting used to doing
Math with letters a lot of times teachers ask you to do a middle
step but before you do all the Mathy stuff, you change an
equation into words. Here's an example, write the following
equation in words, here it is.  One thing that a student may
write is say like m over 4 equals 5. That's true, that's like
what's going on in this equation except for it doesn't mean a
whole lot mathematically. The better way to answer this question
and to write a sentence would be to write some number, m stands
for some number we don't know what it is, divided by 4 because a
fraction means divide,