Question

Paul baked 56 blueberry muffins. His brother Pete ate 7 muffins and his father William ate 5 muffins. Which expression can Paul use to find his many muffins are left

Answer 1

Answer: 56-(7+5)

Step-by-step explanation:

You can find the amount of muffins left over by adding up the amount of muffins that were eaten and subtracting them from the original amount of blueberry muffins, so the answer is 56-(7+5).

(7+5 is in parentheses because if not, you would have 56-7+5 and get 54).