Question

The school store sells pens for $0.70 each and pencils for $0.30 each. Anthony spent $2.70 to buy a total of 5 pens and pencils.How many pencils

did Anthony buy? ___ pencils

Answer 1

Pencils=2

Explanation:

Pencils-n

-0.70 - 0.70 = -3.5

0.70p + 0.30 = 2.7

-0.4n = -0.8

-0.4 -0.4

n=2