Question

Grandma baked 9 6 96 cookies and gave them to her grandchildren. One of the grandchildren, Cindy, received c c fewer cookies than she would have received had all of the cookies been evenly divided among the 8 8 grandchildren. How many cookies did Cindy receive?

Answer 1

Answer:

$12-c$  Cookies

Step-by-step explanation:

If all 96 cookies were evenly divided among 8 people, each would have gotten:

Each person = $\frac{96}{8}=12$ cookies

But Cindy received $c$ fewer than what she should have received (12 cookies). So Cindy got:

$12-c$ cookies