Question

19. Kara's backpacki contains 4 boxes of pencils. Each box containsp pencils. Kara's backpack also contains 6 pens. Write three equivalent expressions for the total number of pencils and pens in Kara's backpack.

Answer 1

Here are 3 equivalent expressions that would represent the total number of pencils and pens in Karen's backpack.

1. 4p + 6

2. p+ p + p + p + 6

3. 6 + 4(p)

Each of these has four groups of p +6 represented.