Question

Jacques has a pre-paid phone plan. He has $45 to spend and each minute costs $0.39,

what is the most minutes he can buy?

Answer 1

115 minutes

Explanation:

Jacques can spend a maximum of $45 on his prepaid phone plan. Since each minute costs $0.39, he can buy the maximum number of minutes by dividing the total amount he can spend by the cost per minute:

Maximum number of minutes = $45 ÷ $0.39/minute

Simplifying the expression on the right side:

Maximum number of minutes = 115.38 minutes

However, Jacques cannot buy a fraction of a minute, so he must round down to the nearest whole number of minutes. Therefore, the most minutes he can buy is:

Maximum number of minutes = 115 minutes