Question

Maria has twice as

many crayons as
Corrine. Write an
algebraic expression
to represent the
number of crayons
that Maria has.

Answer 1

First, let's make two variables to assign to both girls.

m = Maria's number of crayons

c = Corrine's number of crayons

Since Maria has twice as many crayons as Corrine, we know that the number of crayons Maria has is the number of Corrine's crayons multiplied by two.

Knowing this, we can make the expression m = 2c