Question

Charlotte bought a magazine for $5 and four boxes of candy. She spent a total of $25. How much did each box of candy cost?

Answer 1

Answer: $5

Step-by-step explanation: To calculate how much she spent on the 4 boxes of candy, we need to subtract 5 from 25, because we won't be including the cost of the magazine. So, therefore 25-5 is 20. So, now to find the cost for one, we need to set up a proportional relationship like this:

`(20)/(4)` =
`(?)/(1)`

So, with that, we need to divide 4 by 20 to find the cost of 1. So, if you know, 20 divided by 4 = 5. So, therefore the cost of each candy box is $5. We can check our answer if we use the inverse operations, so our new equation would look like this:

5(4) + 5 = 25

We can check this, because we know 5 x 4 = 20, and 20 + 5 = 25. So 25 = 25, so it is $5.00