Question

Friday: Nabil had $80.50 on a gift card before buying four journals at a bookstore. The bookstore charges 50¢ to use the card. He had $44.00 left on the gift card after buying the journals. If each journal cost the same amount, what was the price of each journal?​

Answer 1

$9.00 a journal.

Explanation:

First off, you can start by subtracting $0.50 from $80.50 because it costs $0.50 to use the card.

You’re left with a new value of $80.00. Since Nabil had $44.00 left over on his card, you can subtract $44.00 from $80.00 to figure out how much he spent.

$80.00

-$44.00

————

$36.00

Since Nabil bought four journals, and they are all equal in cost, you can divide $36.00 by 4 (36/4) and get $9.00.