In a box of colored pencils, there are 5 fewer red pencils than green pencils. Use[] to stand for the number of green pencils. Write an expression that represents the number of red pencils in the box.
r=red
g=green
r=g-5
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martha is right.
Well you need to first find the number to color to get the difference. Of u get the numbers subtract it from the number u need to subtract and there u go.
To represent the number of red pencils in the box, we can use the expression [ ] - 5.
Since the problem states that there are 5 fewer red pencils than green pencils, we use the variable [ ] to represent the number of green pencils. By subtracting 5 from [ ], we can find the number of red pencils.