If you add 5 to me and then divide by 9 you get 3. What number am I?

Let's denote the unknown number as x. According to the given conditions, we can write this algebraically as: (x + 5) / 9 = 3. To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 9 to get x + 5 = 27. Then, subtracting 5 from both sides gives us x = 22. Therefore, the number in question is 22.