Question

Mr. Atkinson spends a total of $47 to buy some packages of art pencils and some erasers for his class The pencils cost $8 per package. and he spends $7 on erasers. Complete the equation that could be solved to find the number of packages of pencils, n, Mr Atkinson buys Enter the correct numbers in the boxes.

Answer 1

Answer:

Number of pencil packages, n = 5

Explanations:

The total amount spent on art pencils and erasers = $47

The amount of money spent on eraser = $7

The price of 1 package of pencils = $8

Let the number of packages of pencils bought = n

Total amount spent = Amount of eraser + (number of pencil packages x Price of pencil packages)

47 = 7 + (n x 8)

47 = 7 + 8n

47 - 7 = 8n

40 = 8n

40 / 8 = n

5 = n

n = 5