Question

George has $15. He tries to buy a movie ticket ($9.00), a pretzel ($2.65), a drink ($1.35), and two veggie cups ($1.74 each) but he does not have enough money. Look at the numerical expression George used:

15 − 9 + 2.65 + 1.35 + 2(1.74)

Can you help him determine why he does not have enough money?

Answer 1

The total price of the items he wants to buy is $1.48 over the amount of money he has.

Explanation:

Answer 2

He doesn't have enough money because the total of things he wants to buy is more than the money he has.

Explanation:

9 + 2.65 + 1.35 + 2(1.74) must be less than or equal to 15. However all of this added together equals $16.48. This means that he doesn't have enough money.