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Tabitha's mom gave her $10.00 to buy school supplies. Tabitha needs to buy 2 pens and some notebooks.

If each pen costs $1.99 and each notebook costs $2.99, how many notebooks can Tabitha buy using only the money her mom gave her?

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Answer:

2 Notebooks

Explanation:

1.99 times 2 = 3.98

10 - 3.98 = 6.02

6.02 / 2.99 = 2.01

You cant buy 2.01 notebooks so the answer is 2 :)

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