eggs are sold in boxes

Question

there are 6 eggs in each box.mrs smith buys p boxes of eggs. write down an expression in terms of p for the number of eggs that mrs smith buys she uses 5 of these eggs

Answer 1

There are 6p eggs in p boxes. 6p-5 expresses how many eggs are left after Mrs Smith uses 5. If a box of eggs costs C, then the cost of p boxes is pC.