Question

Savannah had 400 chocolate chips. She saved x chips for a garnish, and mixed the rest of the chocolate chips evenly into 3 pans of brownies. How many chocolate chips were in each pan of brownies? Write your answer as an expression.

Answer 1

Since x chips were saved for a garnish, 400 - x = y.

Since y is the remaining amount and it was split into 3 pans

The answer is y divided by 3 or y/3

Answer 2

400-x is how much Savannah has after saving them for garnish.

Now you must divide them evenly into 3.

So the expression is:

(400-x)/3