Polly is listening to an audio book. She has already listened to thirty-five minutes of the book. Let m be the total number of minutes in the audio book. Which expression shows the number of minutes remaining?

thirty-five divided by m

m divided by thirty-five

m minus thirty-five

thirty-five minus m

Question

Polly is listening to an audio book. She has already listened to thirty-five  minutes of the book. Let m be the total number of minutes in the audio book. Which expression shows the number of minutes remaining?

 thirty-five divided by m 

 m divided by thirty-five

 m minus thirty-five 

 thirty-five minus m

nuccioreggie · Answer

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whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

Okay, to figure out the time remaining, you would have to subtract 35 from m. (Example: 60-35)
So the correct option is C.