Question

Miss barker has n boxes. Each box is filled with 12 cupcakes. She then eats five cupcakes. Write and expression to show how many cupcakes she has left

Answer 1

12n-5

Explanation:

Since each box has 12 cupcakes, we can multiply n by 12 as there is 12 cupcakes for every box.

12n

Now she eats 5 cupcakes, so we subtract 5 from the equation

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