Maria has twice as

many crayons as

Corrine. Write an

algebraic expression

to represent the

number of crayons

that Maria has.

First, let's make two variables to assign to both girls.

m = Maria's number of crayons

c = Corrine's number of crayons

Since Maria has twice as many crayons as Corrine, we know that the number of crayons Maria has is the number of Corrine's crayons multiplied by two.

Knowing this, we can make the expression m = 2c