Question

Sally Belle bought in pens at a rate of 5 ink pens for $6.25. How many ink pens can she buy with $17.50?

Answer 1

The answer will be 14 because first you have to find the cost per pen to find this you do 6.25 divided by 5 and you get 1.25. Next you divide 17.50 by 1.25 and you get 14

Answer 2

Let's first find how much it is for one pen. So we'll divide the price of 5 of them by 5:


`(6.25)/(5) = 1.25`

Now we'll divide 17.50 by 1.25 to see how many we can buy with $17.50:


`(17.5)/(1.25) = 14`

So your final answer is 14 pens.