Question

Ms. Jones bought a box with 8 packages of felt paper for her class. The total box of paper was priced at $40. If she buys the paper in single packages, the cost is $5.50 per package. How much does she save on 8 packages of paper by buying the whole box? Explain how you got your answer.​

Answer 1

ms Jones saves 4 dollars. if you do 5.5x8, that equals the cost for 8 packs individually. if you do that, you should get 44. 44-40=4. therefore you save $4! hope this helped!

Answer 2

$4

Explanation:

To answer, we have to find the base unit of how much each package would cost out of a box. To do this, we divide the total amount of the box of paper by how many packages were inside:

40 / 8 = 5

So, each package costed Ms. Jones $5, while the single packages cost $5.50, so Ms. Jones saved $0.50 per package she bought, which if you multiply by 8, you get 4, so Ms. Jones saved a total of $4.

Hope this helps :)