john has 8 pencils. tim has 2 less pencils than john. which expression shows how many pencils tim has?

Use the distributive law to multiply. 3(4x + 5y + 6)

Molly shared a spool of ribbon with 12 people. each person received 3 feet of ribbon. which equation can she use to find r, the number of feet of ribbon that her spool originally had?

Simplify (2^5/3^2)^4 a. 2^20/3^8 b. 2^9/3^8 c. 8^5/12^2 d. 2/3^2