Kate had 50
tickets to use for rides at the fair. She lost some of them. Her dad doubled the tickets she had left.
Kate wrote the expression 2(50−t)
to find the number of tickets she has now, where t
is the number of tickets she lost.
Jack correctly wrote another expression, 100−2t
, to find the number of tickets Kate has now.
Use the drop-down menus to explain what each part of Kate's and Jack's expressions mean.
CLEAR CHECK
Kate's Expression: 2(50−t)
2:
50:
t:
50−t:
Jack's Expression: 100−2t
100:
t:
2t:
100−2t: