Amanda and Marcy went shopping for T-shirts. Marcy bought 3 less T-shirts than Amanda. If the letter (T) represents the number of T-shirts that Amanda bought. Which of these statements can represent the number of T-shirts that Marcy bought?
a. T + 3
b. T x 3
c. T – 3
d. T / 3
Answer : c
Explanation:
The answer is T – 3
Since Amanda bought T number of shirts and Marcy had less shirts that means that this is a subtraction problem. We take the number of T-shirts Amanda bought and subtract the 3 less that Marcy bought to get our answer.
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