Question

Mike is on his way to Books-R-Us to spend his $50 gift card. The store is holding a sale where every book is $4.He uses his card to buy a $3 cup of coffee and he only wants to spend what is on his card to buy books. How many books can Mike buy? A-2 B 11 с 11.75 D 12 E 10 F 3 G 3.5

Answer 1

He has a total amount of $50 to spend which is the amount on his gift card.

He buys a cup of coffee for $3, so the amount of money he is left to spend would be 50-3 = $47

Since each book cost $4 and he has $47, the number of books he can buy will be 47/4 = 11.75

However, this is not our answer. The correct answer is 11

11.75 can be expressed as; (11 + 0.75)

0.75 is the fractional part. No store will