Question

Denise has $4.25 and needs to buy school supplies. She has a package of pencils that costs $1.75, a notebook that costs $1 and some erasers (x) that costs $0.25 each. At most, how many erasers can denise buy?

Answer 1

he can buy 6 erasers

Explanation:

because if you add 1.75 plus one and add 0.25 ....6 times it will equal 4.25 i hope this was helpful

Answer 2

6 erasers

Explanation:

The pencils and the notebook together cost $2.75, from there you can calculate how many erasers.

1 eraser would bring the total to $3, therefore Denise can buy $1.25 more of erasers which is 5. 3 + 1.25 is $4.25. therefore Denise can buy 6 erasers