Question

Grandma baked 969696 cookies and gave them to her grandchildren. One of the grandchildren, Cindy, received ccc fewer cookies than she would have received had all of the cookies been evenly divided among the 888 grandchildren.

How many cookies did Cindy receive?

Answer 1

12 -c

Explanation:

The even division would have given Cindy ...

96/8 = 12 . . . cookies

Since she received c fewer, the number she received was ...

12 - c