Question

Grandma baked 96 cookies and gave them to her grandchildren. one of the grandchildren, cindy, received 5 fewer cookies than she would have received had all of the cookies been evenly divided among the h grandchildren. how many cookies did cindy receive? write your answer as an expression.

Answer 1

If all the h grandchildren will receive equal amounts of cookies then, the number of cookies that each will receive is,
                                   96/h
Then, Cindy will receive 
                                      96/h - 5 candies

Answer 2

Answer: Cindy received 96/h-5 cookies

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi, to write the expression we have to analyze the information given:

If all the cookies (96) would have been evenly divided among the h grandchildren, each child should have gotten 96/h cookies.

Cindy received 5 fewer cookies than that number.

So, mathematically speaking: 96/h - 5

In conclusion, Cindy received 96/h-5 cookies. Where h is the number of grandchildren.