Question

Members of the Blade runners skating club collected $950 from fundraising activities.They want to buy Altrablade skates, which are $48 a pair. How many pairs of skates can they buy? What does the remainder represent

Answer 1

They can buy 19 pairs of skates, the $38 that remained is for the skating club.

Answer 2

19 pairs

need 21% of $48 to buy 20th pair

Explanation:

If the members collected $950 and they want to by Altrablade skates for $48 a pair, the amount of pairs of skates can be determine by dividing the total amount collected by the cost per skates:

`950/48=19.79=19`

They can buy 19 pairs of skates by the remainder is 0.79. This represents the amount still needed to buy the 20th pair of skates. So they would need 21% of the $48 to buy a extra pair.