Question

A club collected $3,472 to buy computers. If each computer cost$680 , estimate the number of computers that club can buy. Explain.

Answer 1

The number of computers that club can buy is 5

Explanation:

Let x be the number of computers that club can buy

Cost of 1 computer = $680

Cost of x computers = 680x

A club collected $3,472 to buy computers.

So,
`680x=3472`

`x=(3472)/(680)`

`x=5.105`

Hence the number of computers that club can buy is 5

Answer 2

The club can buy 5 computers with a remainder of 72.

Explanation:

A way to figure out this is to do $3,472 divided by $680 which equals to 5 with 72 left over. Since each computer costs $680, you can not buy another computer with the leftover money. Hope you find this helpful. :)