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.

Answer 1

If all the h grandchildren will receive equal amounts of cookies then, the number of cookies that each will receive is,

96/h

Then, Cindy will receive

96/h - 5 cookies