Question

Write an expression to match the statement 1/5 of the difference between 18 and 11

Answer 1

$(18 - 11) \div 5$

Answer 2

We have to write an expression for the statement "1/5 of the difference between 18 and 11".

To do that we can break the given statement into smaller pieces like "1/5 of " and "the difference between 18 and 11"

difference means use subtraction so

the expression for the substatement "the difference between 18 and 11" will be (18-11)

Now we can club this with left out statement "1/5 of ".

word "of" indicates product.

So expression for the statement "1/5 of the difference between 18 and 11", will be

$\frac{1}{5}(18-11)$

Hence final answer is $\frac{1}{5}(18-11)$.