1. **Stating the problem:** Isabelle needs to complete 20 more practice hours. She drives 4 hours a week for 3 weeks. We want to find expressions that represent the change in her remaining practice hours.
2. **Understanding the problem:** Each week, she drives 4 hours, so in 3 weeks, she drives $3 \times 4 = 12$ hours. This reduces her remaining hours by 12.
3. **Representing change:** Since the remaining hours decrease, the change is negative. So, the change is $-12$ hours.
4. **Checking each expression:**
- a) $3 \times (-4) = -12$ (correct, represents 3 weeks times -4 hours per week)
- b) $(-3) \times (-4) = 12$ (positive, so incorrect for change)
- c) $(-4) + (-4) + (-4) = -12$ (correct, sum of three negative 4s)
- d) $(-4) \times (-4) \times (-4) = -64$ (incorrect, this is a product, not change over weeks)
- e) $(-3) \times (-3) \times (-3) \times (-3) = 81$ (incorrect, unrelated to hours)
5. **Final answer:** The expressions that represent the change to her remaining practice hours are **a** and **c**.
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