Question

Katie gives Maggie half of her pencils. Maggie keeps 5 and gives the rest to jamil. Write an expression for the number of pencils Maggie gives to jamil

Answer 1

(y/2)-5

Explanation:

Since Katie share half her pencils it is going to be 2 and you don't know how many pencils she had so you put a x. you are going to divide by your number of pencils by 2 then subtract 5.

Answer 2

Write an expression for the number of pencils Maggie gives to jamil.

To prove

Let us assume that the number of pencils Katie have = x

As given

Katie gives Maggie half of her pencils.

`Katie\ gives\ Maggie\ half\ of\ her\ pencils = (1x)/(2)`

As given

Maggie keeps 5 and gives the rest to jamil.

Thus

`Number\ of\ pencils\ Maggie\ gives\ to\ jamil = (1x)/(2) - 5`

Therefore the expression for the number of pencils Maggie gives to jamil are
`(1x)/(2) - 5`.