Question

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.

how many cookies did cindy receive?
write your answer as an expression.

cookies

Explanation:

Step1: Find even division amount

First, find how many cookies each grandchild would get if evenly divided. Total cookies are 96, divided by 8 grandchildren. So, $\frac{96}{8} = 12$.

Step2: Find Cindy's cookies

Cindy received \( c \) fewer than the even division amount. So, her cookies are \( 12 - c \), or from the division expression, $\frac{96}{8}-c$.

Answer:

$\frac{96}{8} - c$ (or $12 - c$)