Choose the expression that best represents the phrase below. ...12 less than the number of apples... A. 12 a B. a 12 C. 12a D. 12 + a E. a - 12 F. 12 - a
E I think. If you have 24 apples, and you need to find out 12 less than the number of apples you have total, you could replace A with 24 and do 24-12=12 to find out that you have 12 apples.
