Give an expression.

INVENTORY -- The school kitchen had 11 cases of juice plus 3 extra cans of juice. After lunch they had 6 cases of juice and no extra cans. How many cans of juice were sold during lunch? (Note: A case contains 24 cans.)

Question

Give an expression.

INVENTORY -- The school kitchen had 11 cases of juice plus 3 extra cans of juice. After lunch they had 6 cases of juice and no extra cans. How many cans of juice were sold during lunch? (Note: A case contains 24 cans.)

agreene · Answer

24*11+3 = number of cans before lunch  (267)
24*6 = number of cans after lunch (144)
number before  number after = number sold
267-144 = 123 cans of juice were sold during lunch.