Question

Samantha Villegas is making pupusas to raise funds for the 9th grade academy. She goes to numero uno market with $12 to buy some ingredients. Samantha gets flour that cost 7.45. She also needs cabbage to make the curtido the cabbage cost 85 cent per pound. How many pounds of cabbage, for curtido could Samantha buy ?

Answer 1

Money she has = 12$ = 12*100 = 1200 Cent

cost of flour = 7.45 $ = 745 Cent

Remaining money = 1200-745 = 455 Cent

cost per pound of cabbage = 85 Cent

Total pound of cabbage that can buy = 455/85 = 5.35 pound