Question

Sarah’s dad tells her she can have the greater of the following two amounts for her allowance (in dollars):

The difference of 3 times 4 and 2

3 times the difference of 4 and 2

What is Sarah’s allowance, in dollars?

Answer 1

Can you write each of these expressions as an equation?

Answer 2

Well, firstly, do you know what "difference" means?

Answer 3

yeah it means subtraction

Answer 4

Cool. So do subtraction when it says difference. The "of" tells you what to subtract from what. Give it a try for the first one and let me know what you get.

Answer 5

i got 1

Answer 6

That would be "the difference of 4 and 3"

Answer 7

It's always going to say the difference of _________ and ____________.
Subtract the second thing from the first thing. The thing after the "and" from the thing before the "and."

Answer 8

-8 ?

Answer 9

Dx I need serious help

Answer 10

The difference of 3 times 4 and 2
first thing: 3 times 4
second thing: 2

Answer 11

I did that

Answer 12

Subtract the second thing from the first thing.

Answer 13

What is 3 times 4? SUbtract 2 from that.

Answer 14

1o . ohh thanks lol D;

Answer 15

10 *

Answer 16

Yes 10. Can you tell me what you were doing before? I'm curious how you got -8.

Answer 17

I did it wrong in my head. so I dont remember