Question

You bought a magazine for $5 and four erasers.you spent a total of $25 .how much did the erasers cost

Answer 1

5

Explanation:

You would first subtract the 5 from the 25 because we want to see how much the erasers cost. You get 20 and divide by 4 which is 5.

Answer 2

$5

Explanation:

our total is $25 and we are looking for the value of each eraser

1. subtract the value of the magazine ($5) from the total value ($25)

25 - 5 = 20

$20 is our total value for all 4 of our erasers and we are solving for the value of each eraser

2. divide our total value for all 4 ($20) erasers by 4 to find the value of each eraser

20 ÷ 4 = 5

each eraser is equal to $5 a piece