Grandma baked $96$ cookies and gave them to her grandchildren. One of the grandchildren, Cindy, received $c$ fewer cookies than she would have received had all of the cookies been evenly divided among the $8$ grandchildren. $\newline$ How many cookies did Cindy receive? $\newline$ Write your answer as an expression. $\newline$ cookies

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Q. Grandma baked

96

cookies and gave them to her grandchildren. One of the grandchildren, Cindy, received

c

fewer cookies than she would have received had all of the cookies been evenly divided among the

8

grandchildren.

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How many cookies did Cindy receive?

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Write your answer as an expression.

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Calculate Cookies per Grandchild: Determine the number of cookies each grandchild would receive if the cookies were divided evenly among the $8$ grandchildren. $\newline$ Calculation: $96$ cookies $\div$ $8$ grandchildren = $12$ cookies per grandchild.
Express Cindy's Cookies: Express the number of cookies Cindy received as an expression, taking into account that she received $c$ fewer cookies than the even division. $\newline$ Calculation: Cindy received $12 - c$ cookies.