Question

Keenan gives Tisha half of his strawberries. Tisha keeps 4 of the strawberries she got from Keenan and gives the rest to Suvi.

Write an expression for the number of strawberries Tisha gives to Suvi. Use k for the number of strawberries Keenan had when she started.
Could Keenan have started with 6 strawberries? Use your expression to explain why or why not.

Answer 1

The expression would be: y = x/2 - 4.
And no. Because if Keenan started with 6 strawberries and gave half to Tisha she would have 3 strawberries not 4.

Answer 2

At start Keenan has x strawberries. He gives Tisha x/2. Then Tisha keeps 4 strawberries and gives Suvi the rest. If y is the number of strawberries that ...

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