Question

shop sells pencils in packs and in boxes. There are 4 pencils in a pack and 12 pencils in a box. Lola buys d packs of pencils. (a) Write down an expression, in terms of d, for the number of pencils Lola buys. (1) Rory buys x packs of pencils and y boxes of pencils. (b) Write down an expression, in terms of x and y, for the total number of pencils Rory buys.

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) 4d

(b) 4x+12y

Step-by-step explanation:

If there are 4 pencils in a pack and she buys d packs, the amount of pencils she gets is 4*d, or 4d. The same principle goes for (b). Hope this helps!