Start with a circle. If you make 1 cut, you have 2 pieces. If you make 2 cuts, you have a pieces. If you make 3 cuts, you can have a maximum of 7 pieces.
1. Draw a picture to show how 3 cuts can give 7 pieces.
2. Find the maximum number of pieces you can get from 4 cuts.
3. From 5 cuts.
4. Can you find a function that gives the maximum number of pieces from n cuts?

Simonne used the following steps to simplify the given expression. 12 - 3(-2x + 4) step 1: 12 + (–3)·(–2x) + (–3)·(4) step 2: 12 + 6x + (–12) step 3: 12 + (–12) + 6x step 4: 0 + 6x step 5: 6x what property of real numbers was used to transition from step 3 to step 4? a. identity property of addition b. inverse property of addition c. associative property of addition d. commutative property of addition

Arestaurant needs to buy thirty-seven new plates. if each box has five plates in it, how many boxes will they need to buy?

What is always true about a positive integer raised to a negative odd power?