Question

Zhi bought 18 tickets for games at a fair. Each game requires 3 tickets. Zhi wrote the

expression 18
3g to
find the number of tickets she has left after playing g games.
Diego correctly wrote another expression, 3(6 -
g), that will also find the number of
tickets Zhi has left after playing g games.
Use the drop-down menus to explain what each part of Zhi's and Diego's expressions
mean.

Answer 1

Zhi's Expression:

18: The total number of tickets

3: The number of tickets required for each game

g: The number of games played

Diego's Expression:

3: The number of tickets required for each game

(6 - g): The total number of tickets minus the number of games played

Explanation: