Question

Ursula wants to make 48 hotdogs for a party. If

a bag of 12 hotdog buns costs $1.50 each and a
package of 8 hotdogs costs $2 each, how much
will the 48 hotdogs cost altogether?

Answer 1

Hotdogs: $12

Buns: $6

Altogether (Hotdogs plus Buns): $18

Explanation:

She wants 48 hot dogs, and each package contains 8 hotdogs.

48/8 = 6

She'd have to buy 6 packages

6 packages x $2 each = $12

She'd be spending $12 on the hotdogs

She'd also have to get an equivalent amount of buns

Each bag has 12 buns. She needs 48 buns.

48 buns /12 per bag = 4 bags

She would need to buy 4 bags of buns

$1.50 per bag x 4 bags = $6

She'd be spending $6 on buns

Adding the amount she spends on both the buns and hotdogs, she spends $18