Question

The cost of a t-shirt is $8.50. David has $50 with him. How many t-shirts can he buy?

no more than 5 t-shirts
more than 6 t-shirts
no more than 6 t-shirts
more than 5 t-shirts

Answer 1

No more than 5 tshirts

Explanation:

8x5 is 40, 8x0.5 is 4

40+4 = 44

If this was No more than 6 it would be 52.8 dollars, which is over the limit.

Answer 2

no more than 5 t shirts

Explanation:

divide 50 by 8.5.

the answer should be 5.88. However you cannot buy0.88 of a shirt. Therefore the answer would be no more than 5.