Question

PLEASE ANSWER THIS: Andrea had $20. She bought 4 paper pads at $1.19 each, 3 notebooks at $1.89 each, and also a book at $4.95. Now she wants to use the remaining money to buy as many 79-cent pens as possible. How many pens could she buy?

Answer 1

Answer: 5 pens

Explanation:

FACTS:

andrea has $20.

She bought:

4 paper pads for $1.19 each

3 notebooks for $1.89 each

1 book for $4.95

Will use the remaining money to buy pens that cost 79 cents ($0.79) each.

How many pens can she buy?

Step 1: Find how much she spent on the paper pads

1.19x4= 4.76

Ans= $4.76

Step 2: Find how much she spent on notebooks

3x1.89=$5.67

Ans= $5.67

Step 3: Find how much she has spent so far.

4.76 + 5.67 +4.95= $15.38

Step 4; Find how much she has left.

20-15.38= 4.62

Step 5: Find the number of pens she can buy.

She has $4.62 to buy pens that cost $0.79 (79 cents) each. how many pens can she buy?

To solve this, divide 4.62÷0.79. the decimal makes no difference in what operation you do.

4.62÷0.79= 5.84810126582 which rounds to 5.8 which rounds to 6.

Step 6: Check

REMEMBER:

pens cost $0.79 each

we're assuming she got 6 pens

in order for 6 to be correct, 6x0.79 MUST equal 4.62 or less because that's how money she had to spend on pens.

0.79x6= 4.74. It's wrong. In this case, it's always the number that comes before it, in this case 5.

Even though 5x0.79= 3.95 which is less than 4.62, it must be correct because it makes so much more sense to have some money left than spend more than what you even have. In questions like this, don't always rely on rounding.

Answer= 5 pens

Answer 2

5 pens

Explanation:

Currently she has spent:

4(1.19) + 3(1.89) + 4.95 = 15.38

She has this amount left:

$20 - 15.38 = 4.62

So if she wanted to buy as many pens with the $4.62:

4.62/0.78 = 5.84

But you can't buy .84 of a pen, so she can buy 5 pens