Question

Troy has p peppermints. Riley has 4 fewer peppermints than Troy. Write an expression that shows how many peppermints Riley has.

Answer 1

To express the number of peppermints Riley has, we start with the number of peppermints Troy has, which is represented by \( p \). Since Riley has 4 fewer peppermints than Troy, we can write the expression for the number of peppermints Riley has as:

\[
p - 4
\]

So, Riley has \( p - 4 \) peppermints.