Question

Leslie is buying donuts for all her friends. Donuts cost 85 cents each. He has $20. What is the maximum number of donuts she can buy?

Answer 1

23

Explanation:

$20/$.85 ≈ 23.5294

Since Leslie cannot buy half a donut, she can buy 23.

Answer 2

To find the maximum number of donuts Leslie can buy, we need to divide the total amount of money she has by the cost of each donut.

First, we need to convert Leslie's dollars to cents, since the cost of each donut is given in cents. We can do this by multiplying the dollars by 100:

$20 * 100 = 2000 cents

Now we can divide the total amount of money (in cents) by the cost of each donut (85 cents) to find the maximum number of donuts Leslie can buy:

2000 cents ÷ 85 cents/donut ≈ 23.53 donuts

Since Leslie cannot buy a fraction of a donut, we will round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the maximum number of donuts Leslie can buy with $20 and with each donut costing 85 cents is 23 donuts.