Aidan has "number of p marbles. Sara has four less than Aldan, How many marbles does Sara have?

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Tikesha asked Mar 3, 2023

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Aidan has "number of p marbles. Sara has four less than Aldan, How many marbles does Sara have?

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Tikesha asked Mar 3, 2023

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The other answer is incorrect

Answer is

p - 4

Vibhor Dube answered Mar 4, 2023

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The phrase “less than” shows that subtraction is involved. If Sara has 4 less than Aidan, then we would need to subtract 4 from what Aidan has. Sara would have

4-p

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