This rather old-fashioned question was asked on the 
<a href="http://timss.bc.edu">
TIMSS Study.
</a>

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Juan has 5 fewer hats than Maria, and Clarissa has 3 times as many
hats as Juan.  If Maria has n hats, which of these represents the
number of hats that Clarissa has? 
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A: 5-3n <br>
B: 3n <br>
C: n-6 <br>
D: 3n-5 <br>
E: 3(n-5) <br>

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Only 49% of U.S. eighth graders could answer this correct.  
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Note: Ms. Lindquist tries to use questions that are more real-life
then this.

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