Question

At the bake sale, 12 out of s bags of snack mix were sold. Write an expression that shows how many bags of snack mix are left unsold.

a. s - 12
b. 12s
c. s + 12
d. 12/s

Answer 1

The expression that shows how many bags of snack mix are left unsold is s - 12.

Step-by-step explanation:

The expression that shows how many bags of snack mix are left unsold is s - 12.

Since 12 out of s bags of snack mix were sold, we can subtract 12 from the total number of bags to find out how many are left unsold. The expression s - 12 represents this.

For example, if there were 20 bags of snack mix in total, and 12 were sold, then we have 20 - 12 = 8 bags left unsold.