Question

The school store offers a discount for a purchases made during lunchtime. The usual price of pencils is $0.25.The discount price is $0.15.How much can you save by buying 5 pencils during lunchtime?

Answer 1

The normal price of 5 pencils is $1.25

The discounted price of 5 pencils is $0.75

The amount of savings is $0.50

It is also a 60% discount on the pencils.

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Answer 2

To solve this

1. Collect all the information together

a) Usual price of pencils 0.25

b) discount price is 0.15

c) you are buying 5 pencils with the discount

2. Find out what you need to know

How much can you save by buying pencils at the discount price during lunch time

3. Find out how much it would cost to buy 5 pencils at the usual price

5 * 0.25 = 1.25

4. Find out how much it would cost to buy 5 pencils at the discount price

5 * 0.15 = 0.75

5. Subtract how much you paid for the discount price from the usual prices

1.25 - 0.75 = 0.50

You saved 50 cents

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