Question

Alexis sold boxes of homemade granola bars for $8.50 each. It costs her $2.25 to baker and package each box of granola bars. What was her profit from selling each box of granola bars?

Answer 1

She would have $6.25 because


$8.50
- $ 2.25
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Take 5 - 10 = 5 (we have ten because we borrowed, so we have ten remove 1 from 5 you get 4 because we are borrowing)

4 - 2=2 ( we have a four because we borrowed to turn 0 into 10)
Then 8-2=6 (we do not borrow from eight because we already borrowed and there is no need to)

so our final answer is $6. 25