Question

Grandma baked 96 cookies and gave them to her grandchildren. One of the grandchildren, cindy, received c fewer cookies than she would have re ceived had all of the cookies been evenly divided among the 8 grandchildren. How many cookies did cindy receive? Write your answer as an expression.

Answer 1

Answer:

$12-c$

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that grandma baked 96 cookies and gave them to her grandchildren. One of the grandchildren, Cindy, received c fewer cookies than she would have received had all of the cookies been evenly divided among the 8 grandchildren.

Let us find the number of cookies that each grandchildren will receive, if all of the cookies been evenly divided among the 8 grandchildren by dividing 96 by 8.  

$\text{When cookies are evenly divided each grandchildren will receive}=\frac{96}{8}$

$\text{When cookies are evenly divided each grandchildren will receive}=12$    

Each grandchildren would have received 12 cookies, if the cookies had been evenly divided. Since Cindy got c fewer cookies, so we will subtract c cookies from 12.

Therefore, Cindy will receive $12-c$ cookies.