Question

Grandma baked 9696 cookies and gave them to her grandchildren. One of the grandchildren, Cindy, received cc fewer cookies than she would have received had all of the cookies been evenly divided among the 88 grandchildren. How many cookies did Cindy receive? Write your answer as an expression.

Answer 1

12-c

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer: 12 - c

Explanation:

Since, the total number of candies = 96

Total number of children = 8

If the candies is evenly divided among the students,

Then, the candies one child gets =
`(96)/(8) = 12`

According to the question,

Cindy, received c fewer cookies than she would have received had all of the cookies been evenly divided among the 8 grandchildren.

Thus, the candies Cindy got = 12 - c