Question

1. Jessica needs to send Valentine's Day cards to 20 people. Each box of Valentine's Day cards

costs $2.59 and contains 15 dards. She put a ($.63 stamp on each card. How much did it cost Jessica
to buy and mail the cards? Show all work!

Answer 1

Answer is = $17.78 total cost

Step by step

She needs 20 cards
Each box has only 15 cards so she needs 2 boxes

Each box costs $2.59 x 2 boxes = $5.18

20 cards x $0.63 stamp for each card = $12.60

Add cost of 2 boxes of cards and 20 stamps

$5.18 + $12.60 = $17.78 total cost