Question

The local park has 4 bike racks. Each rack can hold 15 bikes. There are 16 bikes in the bike racks. Which expression shows the total number of empty spaces in the bike racks?
(15x16) + 4
(15x16) - 4
(4x15) + 16
(15x4) - 16

Answer 1

Hi!

Let's write the expression.

Find how many biked the rack can hold
15 x 4 = 60
Find how many empty spaces there are
60 - 16 = 44
The expression is
(15x4) - 16

Hope this helps!