Question

Ms. Singh bought a dozen (12) pencils. She gave some to her son and the to her daughter. Use the letter p to represent the number of pencils each of her children received. Ms. Singh bought a dozen (12) pencils. She gave some to her son and the to her daughter. Use the letter p to represent the number of pencils each of her children received. @Mathematics

Answer 1

help me

Answer 2

thanks money bird

Answer 3

Each of her children means that you should two vaiables

Answer 4

ok?

Answer 5

so

Answer 6

The problem is incomplete. What is being asked to solve? Any additional information?

Answer 7

Sorry.....if each child received same number of pencils p, then the problem makes sense. Total is 12. Each child got equal amount. So, it must be 12/2 = 6.

Answer 8

OK

Answer 9

6P+6P=12P