Question

Antonia had s stickers. She kept 8 and divided the rest equally among 3 friends. Use values from the box to write an expression to represent the situation. The answer should be written in order of what A equals, B equals and C equals with a space in between each.

Answer 1

A mathematical expression representing the scenario where Antonia shares her stickers with friends after keeping 8 is (s - 8) / 3, where each friend receives an equal share of the remaining stickers.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question involves creating a mathematical expression to describe a situation in which Antonia has s stickers, keeps 8 for herself, and then divides the remainder equally among 3 friends. To express this, we want to find out how many stickers each friend gets. Firstly, Antonia keeps 8 stickers, so we subtract 8 from the total number of stickers she has, which is s - 8. Next, we divide this remainder equally among the 3 friends, resulting in the expression (s - 8) / 3. So, each friend gets (s - 8) / 3 stickers.

An expression in math is a sentence with a minimum of two numbers or variables and at least one math operation. This math operation can be addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. The structure of an expression is:

Expression is (Number/variable, Math Operator, Number/variable)

The difference between expressions and equations is that an expression signifies a combination of numbers, variables, and operation symbols whereas an equation will always use an equal (=) operator between two math expressions. Also both sides of the “equal to” sign have the same value.