Question

An animal shelter that only cares for cats and dogs has 8 fewer dogs than cats. The animal shelter has 12 dogs.

Use the five-step problem-solving plan.

How many cats are at the animal shelter?

Answer 1

I'm not sure what you mean by the five step plan, but to get the answer, just think about the clues.

(c = number of cats)

8 fewer dogs than cats can be written: c - 8

since we know how many dogs there are: c - 8 = 12

Now, just solve for the variable: c = 20

Hope I helped :)