Ms. Howard bought a 10 pound bag of candy for her 6th grade classroom. She gave away 4 pounds of candy to her students during the first unit of instruction and ate 9 ounces of candy during planning. (16 ounces = 1 pound)

How many ounces of candy does Ms. Howard still have in her bag?

she has 6lbs and 7oz left

Step-by-step explanation:

10-4=6 16-9=7.

87 ounces

Step-by-step explanation:

10lb - 4lb = 6lb

Convert to ounces

6 × 16 = 96

96 - 9 = 87

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step-by-step explanation:

we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

from , to get to , we add

from , to get to , we add

etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

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