Question

Nick has $15 to spend at the school store. Notebooks are $2 each and jolly ranchers are $3 per bag. If nick buys 2 bags of jolly ranchers, what is the greatest number of notebooks he can afford?

Answer 1

The answer is 4.
3x2=6
15-6=9
2 goes into 9 only 4 times which adds up to 8
8/2$ for notebooks=4

Answer 2

Explanation:

he has 15$

3 jolly ranchers bags is 9$

so 9-15 is 6

u can buy 3 notebooks