The sentence is two hundred minus three times a number is equal to nine.

Let “” represent the number.

The word minus indicates subtraction, and the symbol is ()

The word “times” indicates multiplication. So, three times

The word “equal” can be represented as “” symbol.

Rewrite the sentence into expression as,

Thus, the verbal expression “two hundred minus three times a number is equal

to nine” translates to “ ”

The equation is .