Eli had $10

, but he lost some of it. His mom doubled the money he had left. Eli wrote the expression 2(10−k)
to show how much money he has now, where k
is the amount of money he lost.

Use the drop-down menus to explain what each part of Eli's expression means.

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Eli's Expression: 2(10−k)
The part of the expression that shows that Eli had $10
is
.
The part of the expression that shows how much money Eli lost is
.
The part of the expression that shows how much Eli had left is
.
The part of the expression that shows that his mother doubled the amount he had left is

1 answer

The part of the expression that shows that Eli had $10 is "10".

The part of the expression that shows how much money Eli lost is "k".

The part of the expression that shows how much Eli had left is "(10 - k)".

The part of the expression that shows that his mother doubled the amount he had left is "2(10 - k)".