Question

It costs Luis 5 to park his car at a parking meter for two hours. What is the price to park for 1 hour? Draw a bar model or write a word sentence to help you solve the problem. Then write and solve a multipation equation.

Answer 1

The cost of parking the car for 1 hour = $2.5

Explanation:

Cost of parking car for two hours = $5

Now, let the cost of parking the car for one hour be $x

Since, the car is parked for two hours and the cost charged is $5

So, each hour the cost of parking is same ⇒ Cost of parking one hour is half the cost of parking the car for two hours.

Since, the cost of parking the car for one hour = $x

So, cost of parking the car for two hours = 2x

But this cost is given to be $5

⇒ 2x = 5

⇒ x = 2.5

Hence, The cost of parking the car for 1 hour = $2.5