Question

Kevin has 17 trading cards. Billy has t more trading cards than Kevin. Choose the expression that shows how many trading cards

Billy hasA.t+17B.t-17C.17-tD.t

Answer 1

Mathematical expression

We want to translate a situation into a mathematical expression:

"Billy has t more trading cards than Kevin"

Since Kevin has 17 trading cards, this means that:

Billy has t more trading cards than 17.

This expresses an addition of t to 17.

Then,

Billy has t + 17 cards.

ANSWER: A