An office manager bought 16 boxes of pens, each containing z pens. Workers took 10 pens from the supply room. How many pens were left? Give your answer in terms of z

16m-10

16z - 10

To find the number of pens left, let's start by calculating the initial number of pens before any were taken.

Since the office manager bought 16 boxes, and each box contains z pens, the initial number of pens is 16 * z.

After the workers took 10 pens, we subtract that amount from the initial number of pens:

Number of pens left = (16 * z) - 10

Therefore, the answer in terms of z is (16 * z) - 10.

To find the number of pens left, we need to subtract the number of pens taken by the workers from the initial total.

The office manager bought 16 boxes of pens, with each box containing z pens. Multiplying the number of boxes (16) by the number of pens in each box (z) gives us 16z pens in total.

Workers took 10 pens from the supply room, so we subtract 10 from the initial total of 16z pens:

16z - 10

Therefore, in terms of z, the number of pens left is 16z - 10.