Question

Carl went to the market and bought 47 pencils to give to his classmates.He distributed (m) pencils to them. Write the expression to show the number of pencils Carl has left.

Answer 1

Carl went to the market and bought 47 pencils to give to his classmates.He distributed (m) pencils to them. Write the expression to show the number of pencils Carl has left. ​

we have that

the expression is

47-m

we have a total of 47 pencils

and distributed m pencils

Carl has left is (47-m)