Foundation June 2017 Paper 3 Q2

2 Cups are sold in packs and in boxes.

There are 12 cups in each pack.
There are 18 cups in each box.

Alison buys \(p\) packs of cups and \(b\) boxes of cups.

Write down an expression, in terms of \(p\) and \(b\), for the total number of cups Alison buys. (2)