Question

Cups are sold in packs and in boxes. There are 12 cups in each pack. There are 18 cups in each box.

Alison buys ‘p’ pack of cups and ‘b’ boxes of cups.

Write down an expression in terms of ‘p’ and ‘b’ , for the total number of cups Alison buys.

Answer 1

12p * 18b is the equation

Answer 2

Answer:
`12p+18b`

Explanation:

Let p denotes the number of cups in pack and b denotes the number of cups in boxes.

Given: There are 12 cups in each pack.

There are 18 cups in each box .

Then the total number of cups in p packs will be :-

`12p`

And the total number of cups in b boxes will be :-

`18b`

Now, the an expression in terms of ‘p’ and ‘b’ , for the total number of cups Alison buys will be:-

`12p+18b`