Question

shanti baked 5p croissants. Jon baked twice as many croissants as Shanti. Ching baked 16 fewer croissants than Joh. Find the total number of croissants they baked in terms of p.

Answer 1

Given,

Shanti baked 5p croissants

Jon baked twics as many as Shanti

so,
John's croissants = 2 × 5p = 10p

Ching baked 16 fewer than John's
so,
Ching's croissants = 10p - 16

So,

Total number of croissants

= croissants by Shanti + Jon + Ching

= 5p + 10p + 10p - 16

= 25p - 16 Croissants :-)