Question

Cindy has $75. She goes to the store and buys a set of markers for $6, a box of pencils for $12, and 4 notebooks. The notebooks all cost the same. Cindy has $39 left when she leaves the store.

Part A. Write an equation to determine the price of one notebook. Let n represent the cost of the notebook.






Part B. What is the price of each notebook?

Answer 1

A: We want to take away all the useless numbers that don’t relate to the notebook first, and subtract them.
75 - 6 = 69
69 - 12 = 57
There, now we have to subtract the amount of money she has when she leaves from the total amount spent right now.
57 - 39 = 18
To get the amount spent on all four notebooks, all you need to do is divide by 4
18 / 4 = $4.50
And that’s your answer!

B: $4.50