Ivory baked 313 cookies. She ate 5
c of them and divided the remainder equally among her 6 friends.
- Find the number of cookies each of her friends received in terms of c?
- If c = 17, how many cookies did each of her friends receive?
(a)
Number of cookies left after Ivory ate = 313 - 5
cNumber of cookies that each of her friends received =
313 - 5c6 (b)
Number of cookies that each of her friends received
= (313 - (5 x 17)) ÷ 6
= (313 - 85) ÷ 6
= 228 ÷ 6
= 38
Answer(s): (a)
313 - 5c6; (b) 38