Question

Grandma baked 96 cookies and gave them to her grandchildren. One of the grandchildren, Cindy, received c fewer cookies than she would have received had all of the cookies been evenly divided among the 8 grandchildren. How many cookies did Cindy receive? Write your answer as an expression.

Answer 1

`12-c` Cookies

Explanation:

If 96 cookies is divided evenly among 8 people, each one should have gotten:

`(96)/(8)=12` cookies

But Cindy received "c" less than that (which is 12). Hence, Cindy received

12 - c Cookies